Adriano Espaillat actually said...

He doesn't have to send it back to Congress. In fact, in Congress, we have several pieces of legislation that takes care of the problem. We have the Dream Act that is sponsored by Congresswoman Lucille Roybal Allard and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, bipartisan piece of legislation. That seems to have the provisions in it that would resolve this problem.

Context

Espaillat discusses existing legislative solutions for DACA and emphasizes the bipartisan support for the Dream Act.

09/13/2017

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