DURBIN. Mr. President, on September 5 of this year, Attorney
General Jeff Sessions announced the repeal of the Deferred Action for
Childhood Arrivals Program, known as DACA. That same day, President
Trump called on Congress to come up with a solution to legalize DACA. He challenged us; he said to the Senate, and he said to the House: I
am going to eliminate this Executive order of President Obama. Now it
is your turn. Pass a law if you want to protect 780,000 young people
who had signed up under DACA. DACA was the direct result of the DREAM Act, which I introduced 16
years ago, to try to protect young people who came to the United
States, brought here by their parents at an early age, who grew up here
and don't have a future. They don't have a home. They don't have a
legal status.