Jose Luis Correa: “Recently, my daughter came home from high school accompanied by two of her good friends. These young ladies are about 16…”

“Recently, my daughter came home from high school accompanied by two of her good friends. These young ladies are about 16 years of age. They wanted to sit down and talk to me a little bit, so we sat down and we spoke. After a while, I learned these young ladies were very nervous and very scared. They were DREAMers. They had a basic question for me, which was: What can we do? What can you do for us? Very, very tough questions. After a moment I answered them: Continue to study hard. Continue to follow the law. Be good students and don't give up hope. At the same time I told them: Don't worry about Washington, D.C. I am going to Washington to fight for you. That is what we are doing here today, myself and my colleagues, fighting for DREAMers, fighting to make sure that they have a shot at the American Dream. Now, I am happy to say today that DREAMers enjoy support of not only Democrats, but Republicans as well on this floor. Why? Because all of us know who DREAMers are. DREAMers are hardworking individuals. They serve in our military. They are soldiers, police officers, firefighters, nurses, teachers, and, of course, they are also our neighbors. DREAMers also are very good immigrants. They pay their taxes and follow the law. Do you know what? They provide value to our country. Recently, I also had the opportunity to visit my son's high school, the Air Force Naval ROTC program. I went to be part of what is called a pass in review.…”