WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) celebrated (https://f.io/IhY-xWzJ) 14 years of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. On the Senate floor, she praised the benefits of this program for the United States, condemned the Trump administration's intentional delaying of DACA renewals, and once again called for passage of the Dream Act.
Below are her remarks as prepared for delivery:
M. President, I'm joining my colleagues on the Senate floor because today marks the 14th anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA.
When it was created by President Obama back in 2012, the purpose of this progra...