Political Quotes

“I want to pivot for just a moment, Mr. President, and talk about workforce. Most people, when they think of Dreamers and DACA, think of young people who were born in other countries and maybe at a very early age were brought here by their parents and maybe have no recollection of the countries they grew up in. But they have been here now. They came here, were raised here, and were educated here, many of them in our public schools. A number of them had the opportunity to go to college. Delaware State University is a historically Black university in Dover and is the home of the Hornets. It is a wonderful land grant school that I have been heavily invested in as Governor and even now to make sure they rise and continue to improve. I am very proud of all of the progress that has been made there. I was invited by their president, Harry Williams, to come to their campus a couple of months ago. We met with Dreamers, ``DACAs,'' students born in other countries who were brought here by their parents years ago. I have met a lot of college students in my day. I have been joined on the floor here by Senator Durbin from Illinois. He has probably met at least as many as I have--probably more, because he is from a bigger State. I don't think I have ever been more impressed by a group of college students in my life than the young men and women I met that day.…”