Sergio is a bright young man dedicated to public service, and now he
is a young man questioning his future and the future of his family. This story breaks my heart; it should break yours. President Trump's executive orders are not just anti-immigrant; they
are anti-American. Most of our families, including my own, came to this
country as immigrants. My father came through Ellis Island in 1913 as an immigrant from
Italy. He was in school, and he had to leave school in the seventh
grade as he was 11 years old because his teachers and his classmates
laughed at him. He got himself an education, served his country in the United States
military for 8 years, served on the City Council in New Haven, worked
as hard as he could along with my mother, whose mother and father came
from Italy before her. They scrimped and they saved to give me the
finest education. And as an immigrant family, they could only dare
dream that I would sit in the United States House of Representatives
and be here today. It is the American Dream. It is what this Nation is all about as we
stand under this dome in this building, the seat of our democracy. Do not let any individual, any political party destroy that American
Dream. Our country is made richer by immigrants. We have always
welcomed men, women, and children to our shores so that they can build
a better life and build a stronger nation. The President's executive orders are an insult to our country's roots
and our values.
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