[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 96 (Wednesday, June 5, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H3660]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           CELEBRATING IMMIGRANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COUNTRY

  (Ms. GARCIA of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. GARCIA of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in celebration of 
Immigrant Heritage Month, a time we recognize and appreciate the 
immigrant experience and contributions they have made to our country, 
and to also recognize individuals with temporary protected status, or 
TPS.
  TPS provides temporary protection from deportation and work 
authorization for those who can't safely return to their home countries 
due to extenuating circumstances.
  TPS protects immigrants like Ana Rodriguez. Ana is a janitor in 
Houston who fled the civil war in El Salvador and has lived in Houston 
for more than 20 years.
  Thanks to TPS, Ana has spent 20 years making meaningful contributions 
to the greater Houston area and our Nation.
  That is why my bill, the American Dream and Promise Act, includes TPS 
holders, because this is the country that they know and call home.
  Mr. Speaker, I am the grandchild of immigrants. I stand with 
immigrants. I have seen the contributions that they make to this 
country every single day across America.
  We must put people over politics, immigrants over ignorance, and 
protect these American families by expanding TPS and passing bills like 
the American Dream and Promise Act that will give unauthorized 
immigrants and Dreamers the right to be here.

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