[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18687]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           PASS THE DREAM ACT

  (Mr. POLIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the DREAM Act. The 
lives of hundreds of thousands of de facto Americans hang in the 
balance. The DREAM Act would provide a route for young people who were 
brought here, who know no other country, to take on the full rights and 
responsibilities as Americans.
  The DREAM Act is not only a human rights issue, it's an economic 
issue and it's a competitiveness issue. These young people are some of 
our very best Americans. And it's not an American value to force the 
sins of the father upon the son.
  These young people were brought here when they were 2 years old, 3 
years old. It can't be argued that they violated the law of their own 
volition. They know no other country. To senselessly deport them to a 
country where they don't know anybody and frequently don't speak the 
language would deprive America of the fruits of our labors and the 
investments that we made in these young people through our public 
education system.
  I call upon the House and the Senate to immediately move to pass the 
DREAM Act and help make these young people proper Americans.

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