June 4, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 93 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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                  EXTEND A WELCOME MAT TO THE DREAMERS

  (Ms. TITUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. TITUS. Madam Speaker, I rise today on behalf of over 15,000 
Dreamers and TPS holders who live in the heart of Las Vegas. They ask 
for nothing more than a shot at the American Dream.
  They are teachers, nurses, entrepreneurs, and, more importantly, they 
are our neighbors, our friends, our colleagues.
  These courageous individuals contribute so much to our communities 
where they have spent most of their lives and they call home. They have 
made the United States their own country and their own home.
  Yet, over the last 2 years, the Trump administration has attacked 
Dreamers and TPS holders by rolling back immigration protections and 
tearing families apart.
  That has got to stop.
  By passing the American Dream and Promise Act, this House is going to 
be standing up to the hateful anti-immigration policies that have come 
to define the Trump administration.
  The symbol of the United States must always remain the Statue of 
Liberty. We should be putting out a welcoming mat, not building a wall.

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