[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 9545-9546]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         RECOGNIZING RAUL ORTIZ

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                      HON. BRADLEY SCOTT SCHNEIDER

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 20, 2017

  Mr. SCHNEIDER. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record a letter from my 
constituent Raul Ortiz, age 8, to President Trump on World Refugee Day.

       Dear President Donald Trump. Please receive a respectful 
     greeting in my name and all the children and families that 
     are part of LULAC's Child Refugees United for Freedom group. 
     My name is Raul Ortiz and I come from Honduras. I want to 
     express to you my fear for the situation of many refugees 
     that have arrived to the United States of America seeking 
     refuge. I must share with you our sad reality that we live in 
     because our countries of origin are full of crime and 
     violence. This is why our parents risked our lives to bring 
     us to safety in the USA. Here we are safe and have hope to 
     see another tomorrow.
       Mr. President, we respectfully ask for your help, we ask 
     you, a great man that is a responsible person dedicated to 
     the USA, to please meet with us and listen to our stories and 
     consider granting us protection.
       Abraham Lincoln is my favorite president. He ran as 
     president under the National Union Party which was the name 
     used by the Republican party for the 1864 presidential 
     election, during the Civil War. The Republican party at this 
     time under President Lincoln was successful in abolishing 
     slavery.
       My favorite president Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves so I 
     believe and have faith you President Trump can do the same 
     thing with granting freedom to the Central American refugees 
     just like me.
       God Bless You President Trump and God Bless The USA!
           Respectfully,
                                                       Raul Ortiz,
                                                        8 yrs old.

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