Rep. Raymond Eugene Green (D-TX)
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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
I strongly support deferred action for childhood arrivals. The Department of Homeland Security‘s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative will help young people to be able to receive a two-year work visa and further their education without fear of being deported. Our district has one of the highest numbers of young people (over 12,000) in the country who qualify for deferred action, and I hope as many will take advantage of this opportunity as possible.
It is important to remember that deferred action is only a temporary status and does not confer the protections that becoming a legal permanent resident or a U.S. citizen would; such changes can only be approved by Congress. It is very important that our nation's elected officials in Washington take up this debate, fix our country's broken immigration system, and create a pathway for all of our nation's young people to have to chance to achieve the American Dream.
For more information on the DACA process, please visit the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ website here.
DREAM Act
The DREAM Act is federal legislation that, if passed, would potentially benefit over one million young people living in the U.S. by allowing undocumented immigrant children who graduate high school and attend college or serve in the military for two years to become legal, permanent residents. I am a strong supporter of the DREAM Act and have been a co-sponsor of the bill every time it has been introduced in Congress. These students are and will continue to be members of our community and should not be penalized for their parents' failure to abide by immigration laws. In December 2010 I had the honor of voting in favor of this important bill, which passed in the House of Representatives but was defeated in the Senate. Fortunately, Texas is one of the few states to have its own DREAM Act, allowing undocumented students who attend and graduate from a high school in Texas to pay in-state tuition when they attend a state college or university.
