On the recordMarch 12, 2014
Mr. Chairman, this is about deporting the DREAM Act students. On page 13 of the committee report, the majority calls out for condemnation the exercise of prosecutorial discretion relative to the DREAMers. It is quite a departure from when Republicans joined with Democrats to say that it is well established that prosecutorial discretion can be used in immigration cases and asking that guidelines be developed and be implemented and used for categories of individuals. In fact, the ``discretion'' in ``prosecutorial discretion'' comes from the Take Care Clause. That is what the Supreme Court has told us. That is the guidance we have from the highest law in the land. What this is really about, Mr. Chairman, is about the majority's apparently voracious appetite to deport these young people. That is why the deportation of DREAMers is called out in the committee report. It is why they oppose prosecutorial discretion. I think it is quite a shame.
