Jeff Merkley: “Or more. And this body can't even come together and address children…”

On the recordOctober 21, 2025

Or more. And this body can't even come together and address children brought here through no fault of their own, who know no other country, who speak no other language, who grew up here and are productive citizens. Many of them, when we first started--the first I was aware of it so long ago--they might have been little kids. Now they may be out of high school, out of college, fully employed in the community, and still we haven't resolved their status so they can kind of feel like fully productive members of our community.

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Jeff Merkley

Democratic · Oregon

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Discussing the need to address the status of children brought to the U.S. through no fault of their own.

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Jeff Merkley: “Or more. And this body can't even come together and address children brought here through no fault of their own, who…”

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