Speaker, strongly, that if the Dream Act is brought
to the floor, which over 8 in 10 Americans agree with, frankly, we
believe large numbers on both sides of the aisle agree that these young
people are not to be sent home. Lastly, let me just quote Senator Orrin Hatch, who is a senior Member
in the United States Senate and the chairman of the Finance Committee. He said: ``I've urged the President not to rescind DACA. . . .''
He did, and gave us 6 months to solve this, legislatively. Senator Hatch observed that if DACA were rescinded, it would be ``an
action that would further complicate a system in serious need of a
permanent, legislative solution.''
He was referring then, Mr. Speaker, to a comprehensive immigration
reform.
``Like the President, I've long advocated for tougher enforcement of
our existing immigration laws. But we also need a workable, permanent
solution for individuals who entered our country unlawfully as children
through no fault of their own and who have built their lives here. That
solution must come from Congress.''
And I agree that that decision must come from Congress. Rush Limbaugh said--and I don't usually agree with statements that
Mr. Limbaugh makes: ``Nobody's gonna win anything by deporting a bunch
of kids that we let in, whoever did, Obama, whatever. If we can get the
strict enforcement of existing immigration law . . . then the DREAMer
thing may be an acceptable payoff,'' he went on to say. I don't think this is a payoff. This is responding.
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