Was it because they knew that, if they came here, no matter where
they are from, no matter what God they worship, if they work hard,
contribute to our country, and believe in the ideals of America that
all men and women are created equal, then you deserve a place here in
the United States of America? The answer to these questions is ``yes.'' Our ancestors and parents
came to the United States for all these reasons and more. That answer holds true for hundreds of thousands of DREAMers and
their parents who live and work and attend school here in the United
States without fear of deportation thanks to DACA. Yet, on September 5,
the Trump administration destroyed the American Dream for 800,000 young
people and their families by recklessly terminating DACA. One of those 800,000 DREAMers is Itayu Torres, a proud DACA recipient
from my district, the 34th Congressional District of California. She
was born in Oaxaca, Mexico, and arrived in my district before she
turned 1. The United States is the only place she has ever known as her
country, and she is as American as you and I, but she was forced to
live with the burden of her legal status. At the age of 14, she found out she didn't have legal status when she
tried to travel out of State to play in a soccer tournament. That fear
of being deported if she left her State of California prevented her
from leaving. But her life changed when she became a DACA recipient. Thanks to
DACA, she enrolled in a liberal arts college in Maryland. She no longer
had to live in crippling fear as she goes about her day-to-day life. DREAMers like Itayu deserve the chance to succeed and contribute to
our great country.
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