Juan Vargas
Representative for California · Democratic · United States
“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak about an urgent issue facing our Nation, and that is a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers. These were children who were brought to our country oftentimes as infants. Mr. Speaker, you have already heard about them. It has been almost 13 years since President Obama announced DACA.”
House of Representatives13 February 2025Source ↗
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“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak about an urgent issue facing our Nation, and that is a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers. These were children who were brought to our country oftentimes as infants. Mr. Speaker, you have already heard about them. It has been almost 13 years since President Obama announced DACA. Since then the program has provided needed relief for Dreamers, including work authorization and temporary relief from deportation.”
House of Representatives13 February 2025Source ↗
“That reduces this bill to nothing more than a hollow gesture. Mr. Speaker, I will urge my colleagues to support this bill, and I reserve the balance of my time.”
House of Representatives10 February 2025Source ↗