She hopes
to become a U.S. citizen. Diana literally wants to do God's work here
on Earth. DACA has provided Diana and more than a million other young
immigrants safety, security, dignity, respect, and opportunity. These
are young people who play, study, work, and live next door to us each
and every day. What will the repeal of DACA mean for the Dreamers and for our
country? It will mean bad news for our economy. Many of these Dreamers
have started their own businesses and are beginning their careers. Over
the course of the past 5 years of the program, 91 percent of the
Dreamers have found gainful employment. Removing DACA recipients from
the workforce would reduce our gross domestic product by more than $460
billion over a decade and would cut contributions to Medicare and
Social Security by more than $24 billion over that same 10-year period. It will mean misplaced criminal justice priorities, with law
enforcement focusing not on targeting drug dealers, human traffickers,
and the real criminals in our society, but on the Dreamers instead. These young people are not the so-called ``bad hombres'' that President
Trump said would be the focus of his administration. Most tragically, it will mean unnecessary pain and suffering for
countless young people and families across Massachusetts and across the
United States whose futures will be uncertain. Instead of going to
sleep tonight knowing they will be able to live their lives in peace
and plan for the future, they are again left with uncertainty,
vulnerable to deportation and unable to work legally. This is heartbreaking. It is unjust, and it is just plain evil.
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