Well, I respectfully disagree. Maybe, just maybe, before Congress
adjourns for the holidays, we should start paying attention to the
needs of the working families of this country, to the middle class of
this country, and not just the billionaire class. We need to address the crisis that faces some 800,000 young people
who are currently in the DACA Program. Without the legal protections
afforded by the DACA Program, these young people today are living in
constant fear and anxiety that they may lose their legal status and, in
fact, be deported from the only country they have ever known. Imagine somebody who is 20 or 25 years of age, has lived in the
United States virtually his or her entire life, went to school here,
now has a job, now is in college, now is in the military, and because
of Trump's disastrous attack on DACA, repealing DACA, 800,000 young
people are worried about whether they are going to be able to even stay
in this country. The American people are very clear about how they feel about this
issue. I believe just today there was a Quinnipiac poll that appeared
on this very issue, and this was the question:
Which comes closest to your view about undocumented
immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children? A) They
should be allowed to stay in the United States and to
eventually apply for U.S. citizenship. B) They should be
allowed to remain in the United States, but not be allowed to
apply for U.S. citizenship.
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