GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, every day that Congress does not pass the
Dream Act, 122 DACA recipients lose their protection from deportation. That is 122 every day--young people who arrived in the U.S. as
children, have gone through multiple background checks, and have lived
in the U.S. for at least 10 years. Every week that passes, nearly 1,000 DACA recipients lose their
protection from deportation. By Christmas, the number of DACA
recipients who will have lost protection will reach 13,492. But now we are hearing that we may have a short-term CR or a series
of CRs and that the whole budget and funding debate may get kicked down
the road to next year when all 800,000 young immigrants who signed up
for DACA begin losing their status. Mr. Speaker, with Republicans in control of the House, Senate, and
White House, I am pretty sure you will not need my vote to pass the
next budget.
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