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On the recordJanuary 17, 2018
Mr. Speaker, I thank Congressman Soto for his wonderful words. He also brought up a few important things that I think we need to remember. The first is this issue of DREAMers, or undocumented immigrants, is often in the American debate reduced to the idea that all of these folks are Mexican or from Mexico, when, in fact, it is actually a very diverse group of folks who are in the category of DREAMers or who are part of the DACA program. So I would like to ask Mr. Soto to describe the community that he represents around Orlando and some of the different groups that are represented in the DACA program.
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Joaquin Castro
Democratic · Texas

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