Congressman Steven Horsford Demands the Senate and President Trump Pass the Dream and Promise Act Into Law
Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Horsford (NV-04) joined the Congressional Hispanic Caucus in delivering two letters in support of the Dream and Promise Act, H.R. 6. One of the letters is directed to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnel calling on him to immediately schedule a vote in the Senate on H.R. 6. The second letter is directed to President Trump calling on him to not make any further attempts to repeal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, comply with the Supreme Court decision and to endorse H.R. 6 and call on Leader McConnell to bring it to a vote.
"When you announced your repeal of DACA, you called on Congress to ‘legalize DACA,' but since then, you have rejected numerous bipartisan deals to protect Dreamers. For example, on January 11, 2018, in a meeting in the Oval Office, you profanely rejected a bipartisan immigration agreement that included protection for Dreamers and a large down payment on your beloved border wall," the letter to President Trump reads. "On June 4, 2019, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act, legislation that would give Dreamers a path to citizenship, on a strong bipartisan vote of 237-187. The American Dream and Promise Act has now been pending in the Senate for more than a year. Without your support, it is unlikely that Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell will schedule it for a vote."
Specifically, the Congressman called on President Trump to immediately:
- Publicly announce that he will not make another attempt to repeal DACA;
- Comply with the Supreme Court's decision to protect the DACA program and block further attempts to dismantle it; and
- Endorse the American Dream and Promise Act, which would pass the Senate on a strong bipartisan vote if he simply called on Leader McConnell to bring it to a vote.
The state of Nevada is home to 13,100 Dreamers who live and work legally in the United States. DACA has allowed more than 800,000 young people who have lived in the United States since their childhood to go to school, hold jobs and become vital members of their communities and workforces.