We knew that
securing the border was an important good, and we knew a pathway to
citizenship was an important good. We delivered both to the floor of this Senate. In fact, the bill had
very meaningful border security. It is the only bill that has passed
either the House or the Senate that has had any border security and
internal security as well and, as I mentioned, a pathway to citizenship
for the undocumented people who are here, including everybody who is
protected by DACA. It was a good bill--I think it was a great bill--and
it got 68 votes in the Senate. If the House had done what the American
people had wanted us to do, it would have passed our bill, and we would
not have had to go through the agony of what the Trump administration
is doing to immigrants in this country right now. I think Congress needs to act swiftly to clean up the damage the
administration has unleashed, and that starts with passing the Dream
Act. Now is the time for our Republican colleagues to come forward on
this important piece of legislation that historically has been
supported by Republicans.
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