[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 14 (Thursday, January 23, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H311]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                      SUPPORTING MILAGROS HEREDIA

  (Ms. ANSARI asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ANSARI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to share the story of Milagros 
Heredia, a Dreamer, who calls my district home. Milagros was a baby 
when her mother carried her across the border for a better life. At 8 
months old, Milagros was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Specialists gave 
her a 15 percent chance of survival, and she defied the odds.
  Now 22, she is a student at Grand Canyon University, studying to 
become an oncologist. Like many Dreamers, she lives in constant fear of 
losing everything. Because of executive orders proposed by President 
Trump and the Laken Riley Act, Milagros and more than 20,000 Dreamers 
in Arizona live in fearful uncertainty.
  Arizona is their home. This country is their home. They are American 
in every way that matters. It is past time for Congress to provide a 
pathway to citizenship for Dreamers and for Democrats to stand up to 
Trump's un-American policies.

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