Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I will continue my remarks about the importance of passing the Dream Act and the work of the Common Sense Caucus, in which the Presiding Officer has been involved, to try to find a path forward to protect these Dreamers while understanding the combination that we could have for increased border security at the same time. What you have going on right now in our country is fear, as Senator Durbin has pointed out, with over 800,000 people who have been here, as I said, through no fault of their own and with 97 percent of them working or in school. Just yesterday, I met with the Catholic Conference--people from the Catholic Church in my State--and some of the Dreamers, and I heard again of the account of someone who is in school and is doing well, who wants to work, and who wants to stay in our State. When I hear these stories, I am always reminded of the oldest Dreamer I ever met, Joseph Medina, who was born in Mexico. He came over to this country and didn't know he had been brought over to the country illegally. His parents had died. He grew up in Sleepy Eye, MN--a little town. He decided to sign up to serve our country during World War II. He then found out he was undocumented. When I met him at age 99, in his words, back then, the military took you over to Canada for a night, and you stayed in a hotel. You came back, and you were a citizen because they wanted you to serve in the military. He then served bravely under General MacArthur.…”