These Dreamers are engineers, police officers, teachers, future
nurses, and students, many in our great Massachusetts colleges and
universities. They serve bravely in our military. They are our best and
brightest and are making the most of the opportunities that the United
States has always provided to immigrant communities. The ball is in the court of the Republican leadership in the House
and Senate. Speaker Paul Ryan and Leader Mitch McConnell can listen to
a growing chorus of their own colleagues and to business CEOs,
including those at Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, General Motors,
and to academic leaders, countless college and university presidents,
all of whom support DACA--or they can side with the forces of
intolerance and injustice. Congress should pass the Dream Act so that people, like Paola, who
were brought here at a young age and who have served in the military or
pursued higher education can earn citizenship. I urge everyone to listen to Dick Durbin, to listen to this chorus of
voices from around our country.
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