In a few weeks--maybe only 10 days now--Congress is going to adjourn
to go home for the holidays, but Dreamers can't go home for the
holidays because they really don't have a home. They are homeless in
America because they are waiting on us to come up with the legislation
that defines their status and gives them a future. Hundreds of
thousands of Dreamers can't enjoy the holidays the way many of us can
because of their concern about being deported from the United States of
America, separated from parents, brothers and sisters, friends, family,
and loved ones. When we introduced the Dream Act, Senator Lindsey Graham, a
Republican from South Carolina, said: ``The moment of reckoning is
coming.'' Well, that moment is here. Congress has the responsibility to
do our job to make the Dream Act the law of the land before the end of
this year or bear the responsibility for forcing hundreds of thousands
of talented young immigrants out of the workforce and putting them at
risk of immediate deportation. The question we face is very basic, Will the United States of America
be a better nation if Carla is forced to leave? This woman's
determination, her drive, and her talent have brought her to this
glorious moment when she finally graduated college.
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