They know today. It is people like Jesus,
brought to this country as kids and who are just asking for a chance to
be part of America--and they are willing to sacrifice. When he went through Lone Star College, as an undocumented student,
Jesus Contreras didn't qualify for one penny of Federal assistance--no
government loans for him. He had to work his way through school. It
takes that kind of determination to make it through school and to
become an important part of America. So today I am disappointed by what has happened--the announcement by
Attorney General Sessions, who has never ever, in my time in the
Senate, supported any immigration reform. He has never voted for the
Dream Act. The fact that he was the first public voice saying that he
was going to rescind--that the administration would rescind--DACA was
no surprise. That is where he has been for as long as I have known him,
publicly and politically. But I hope that the President now, because of
the good things he said in the past about the Dream Act and DACA, will
be part of the solution and will help us in the 6 months to pass
something that makes a difference. I listened to the Senator from Texas stack up a whole list of things
we need to have before we can help people like Jesus. There are a lot
of things we need to do. Comprehensive immigration reform is one of
them. I was one of the persons who put it together and voted for it
when it had 68 votes in the Senate a few years ago. We need that. But,
for goodness' sake, we have a time-sensitive issue now with the
Dreamers and DACA. We need to do something about it and do it quickly. That is why Senator Graham and I are calling for passing the Dream Act
in this September session.
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