Vicente Gonzalez: “I ask my colleagues to vote ``no'' on the previous question so that we can immediately bring the Dream Act to the floor.…”

“I ask my colleagues to vote ``no'' on the previous question so that we can immediately bring the Dream Act to the floor. I stand before you today with a reopened government, ready to transform discussion into action. This is the 19th time that we have requested a vote on the Dream Act. Congress did not create this emergency. This is a mere negotiation tactic brought about by the actions of a single man. The time for tactics is over. Now is the time to put your vote to work and break the deadlock issue. We are a nation of immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. A great man once said: ``The bosom of America is open to receive not only the opulent and the respected stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all nations and religions, whom we shall welcome to a participation with all our rights and privileges. . . .'' That man was George Washington, Mr. Speaker, our country's first President. Now let us take a moment to reflect on this and how President Washington saw our country. George Washington would welcome an opulent and respected stranger, you know, like folks from Norway. However, we should also welcome the oppressed and the persecuted of all nations and all religions in the world. Compare George Washington's words to President Trump's, who said: ``I do business with the Mexican people, but you have people coming through the border that are from all over. And they are bad. They are really bad.…”