Speaker, I thank my esteemed colleague for yielding
time to me. Mr. Speaker, each day that Congress delays action on the Dream Act,
122 people lose their temporary protected status granted by DACA. Since the Trump September 5 announcement, 11,182 young people have
lost their DACA status and face the daily threat of being detained and
deported. Time and time again, House Democrats have pleaded to Republicans and
their leadership the urgency of finding a legislative solution that
would permanently protect DREAMers. We have pleaded and explained the
economic benefit, $23 billion yearly contributed by DREAMers to the GDP
of this Nation. We have pleaded with the Republican leadership to bring a Dream Act
to the House floor that is just and fair without the trappings of
xenophobia, division, or hate. We have pleaded that the DREAMers have not committed a crime. It was
not an act of volition on their part as children.
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