Dick Durbin to Americans: DACA Illegal Aliens Are ‘the Future of Our Country’
by JOHN BINDER 12 Jun 2024
In celebrating 12 years since former President Barack Obama created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) said DACA illegal aliens are “the future of our country.”
In 2021, Obama created the DACA program via executive order after Durbin and former Sen. Orrin Hatch’s (R-UT) “DREAM Act” amnesty legislation failed to pass Congress. The program has shielded more than 800,000 illegal aliens from deportation from the United States.
Commemorating 12 years of the program, Durbin spoke on the Senate floor on Wednesday, calling DACA illegal aliens not only “the future” of the United States, but also “absolutely essential” to the nation’s economy, suggesting that their arrival, albeit illegal, is part of the fabric of America.
“First and foremost, we are a nation of immigrants,” Durbin asserted. “… ]T]hey’re the future of our country.
They can bring to us things that we need desperately. They’ve earned the right to live in this country without fear.”
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