Mr. Speaker, I rise to join my colleagues in calling
for a vote on H.R. 3440, the clean Dream Act, a bipartisan, bicameral
bill with 200 cosponsors in the House. It builds upon the great success of DACA, which opened the door for
nearly 800,000 DREAMers who had come forward, passed background checks,
and have been granted permission to live and work legally in America
without fear of deportation. They kept their promise to the Nation they know and love, and our
government must honor its commitment to protect them. The faith
community and business leaders are imploring Congress to pass the Dream
Act. Polling shows that the American people strongly believe and
support the DREAMers. Eighty-six percent of Americans support a right
to residency for undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United
States as children, according to a recent ABC News/Washington Post
poll. Mr. Speaker, as a proud nation of many immigrants from around the
world, the Dream Act honors our history and our heritage. I thank my
Republican colleagues who have signed on, and I urge all others to join
us. It is the right thing to do for our young people, especially our
country.
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