    [Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 10, 2018)]
    [House]
    [Page H127]
    From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

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                                      DACA

      (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1
    minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
      Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, Congress must stop deferring the American
    Dream for bright young people simply because they were brought here as
    children.
      DACA recipients represent the best of our Nation. These are young
    people who are in school, got their education, or served in our Armed
    Forces. These are people who never committed a felony offense or
    significant misdemeanor. These are people who pose no threat to public
    safety. These are people who just want to live the American Dream, and
    each day that passes without Congress voting on the Dream Act darkens
    their futures.
      Mr. Speaker, if it is numbers my esteemed colleagues on the other
    side of the aisle want, I have got them. Deporting DACA recipients
    would cost the U.S. economy $400 billion. Deporting the 5,300 eligible
    people for DACA in my district alone would cost the economy $140
    million.
      Aren't we supposed to be growing the economy, not shrinking it?

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