[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9691]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 ACKNOWLEDGING THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF 2012 DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD 
                            ARRIVALS PROGRAM

  (Mr. VEASEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. VEASEY. Madam Speaker, I rise today to acknowledge the third 
anniversary of President Obama's 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood 
Arrivals program, commonly known as DACA.
  While the Nation desperately waits for House Republicans to move 
forward on immigration reform, the DACA program has provided temporary 
relief for hundreds of thousands of families to continue their studies 
and contribute to our economy. Since its enactment, more than 750,000 
young people, including 88,000 Texans, have successfully applied for 
DACA.
  Although I am disappointed with the recent court actions delaying 
President Obama's expansion of the DACA program, I remain hopeful that 
millions more immigrant families will one day be able to fully 
contribute to the prosperity of our country.
  That is why, in my home district in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, 
I will host a DACA-DAPA informational forum with Congressman Luis 
Gutierrez on July 18 to help TX-33 residents prepare for immigration 
relief.
  While President Obama's efforts to expand DACA and initiate DAPA 
programs are temporarily stalled in the courts, I am committed to 
fighting for immigrant families nationwide, so they can come out of the 
shadows and live the American Dream.

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