There was parity in 2011 and parity three
times after, and parity must continue. It is not acceptable to be
talking about a huge increase in military spending and not funding the
needs of a shrinking middle class, which desperately needs help in
terms of education, in terms of nutrition, and so many other areas. Furthermore, the American people are quite clear that they want us to
move toward comprehensive immigration reform. They understand that it
would be a terrible, terrible, terrible thing to say to the 800,000
young people who have lived, in most cases, their entire lives in the
United States of America: We are ending the DACA Program. You are going
to lose your legal status. You are not going to be able to go to
school. You are not going to be able to hold a job. You are not going
to be able to be in the military. We are taking away the legal status
that you now have, and you will be subject to deportation. That is not
what the American people want. They want to continue the DACA Program,
and, in fact, they want comprehensive immigration reform--and now. Now
is the time to deal with that. I am happy to say that on this issue, there are a growing number of
Republicans in the House and in the Senate who understand that in
America, you are not going to throw 800,000 of our brightest young
people, who are serving in the military and holding important jobs, out
of this country by withdrawing their legal status.
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