LEADER JEFFRIES: "THE AMERICAN DREAM AND PROMISE ACT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO STAND UP FOR WHAT MAKES THIS COUNTRY EXCEPTIONAL"

Washington, July 21 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries issued the following press release:

Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke at a press conference, alongside Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia and others, in support of the discharge petition to force a vote on the American Dream and Promise Act. LEADER JEFFRIES: Thank you to Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia, my good friend, for her incredible leadership on behalf of Dreamers, TPS recipients and DED recipients during a moment where, both because of the Trump administration's violent mass deportation machine and the Supreme Court's egregious decision as it relates to TPS recipients, hardworking immigrants in this country are under incredible assault. And the Dream and Promise Act provides an opp...