Daniel Inouye: “Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.”

The intent of that language, it was clarified by one of the sponsors of that language, Senator Daniel K. Inouye

We may have our roots in Japan, but we are committed to the United States and we are prepared to fight for this country.

Who was one of my great inspirations for this diplomatic approach? Because we have a choice.

By allowing the DREAM Act to sit idle, we extinguish hope for a lot of people and deny too many the opportunity I was given.