ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, as we quickly approach the month of
December, we are reminded of the very few legislative days left on this
calendar to debate and pass a permanent solution to protect our
Nation's DREAMers from deportation. I introduced, along with my dear friend, my colleague, Lucille
Roybal-Allard, H.R. 3440, also known as the Dream Act, to allow over
800,000 young immigrants living in our great country to remain here,
the only home that they have truly known. This bill will allow DREAMers to apply for conditional permanent
residency, and eventually to citizenship. Each day of inaction by our
body to pass the Dream Act or any legislative fix is a loss for our
communities and our country. Study after study demonstrates the reality that we already know: that
failure to provide a solution for our DREAMers will result in hundreds
of billions of dollars lost in GDP, a truly devastating blow to our
economy. The business community, faith leaders, colleges and universities,
advocacy groups, all have joined a large bipartisan coalition standing
behind these young immigrants, and that is because they recognize the
positive contributions of these individuals, contributions that should
not be imperiled by their legal status. But they are looking at us, Mr. Speaker.
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