[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15655]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     ALLOW THE DREAMERS TO SUCCEED

  (Mr. O'ROURKE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. O'ROURKE. Mr. Speaker, because of the inaction of this Congress, 
our President, in 2012, deferred action on childhood arrivals to this 
country, young boys and girls who were brought here at the tender age 
of 3 or 5 or 6 or 7, who are now flourishing in our communities and 
making this great country even better.
  I call your attention to one of my constituents, Claudia Yoli, who 
arrived in this country at the age of 8 from Venezuela, interned in my 
office in 2013, and now works for our great State Senator Jose 
Rodriguez, and is making El Paso, Texas, and America an even greater 
place to live.
  Unfortunately for Claudia, her mother had to return to Venezuela in 
2010 and, because of her status, Claudia was not able to follow. Her 
mother died last year, and Claudia was unable to return to be with her 
mother in her dying days and to grieve with her family and be with 
them.
  We owe Claudia and the 750,000 other DREAMers in this country 
certainty; and we certainly owe them something better than what the 
President-elect has promised, which is to terminate this deferred 
action.
  So I ask this body, I ask the President-elect, and I ask every 
American to join together to make sure that we allow these DREAMers to 
succeed, because their success means America's success.

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