These are young
people who today are in college, they are in law school, they are in
medical school, and they are proudly serving in the U.S. military. What this President has done is to take away the legal status by
which these young people can work and find jobs, go to school, and live
without fear. If they don't have that legal status, it means that
anytime they walk down the street, they are frightened they could be
arrested and deported from this country and separated from their
families. This act, on the part of Donald Trump, is an abomination, and
Congress must reject Trump's action and pass DACA into law. This is exactly what the American people want us to do. A recent
poll--I think it came out yesterday--done by Morning Consult and
Politico reports that 76 percent of those who were polled said the
government should allow immigrants brought to the United States
illegally as children to remain here--76 percent. Eighty-four percent
of Democrats support the Dreamers having legal status, while 69 percent
of Republicans surveyed also favor such a policy. In another poll in April of 2017, 73 percent of Trump supporters said
Dreamers should be allowed to stay in the United States and become
legal residents. In other words--and I say this to the young people who
are in DACA--please do not think for one moment that you are being
deserted by the people of this country. You are not. You are being
attacked by a President of the United States who chooses to divide us
up, and you are today's victims.
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