Dick Durbin Touts DREAM Act, Says He Will 'Fight' Trump If He Tries To Deport Recipients
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00:00Senator, one bill you've championed for decades is the DREAM Act.
00:03Ah, yes.
00:04It hasn't gotten across the finish line.
00:06I don't know if you can reflect on that.
00:07And do you think there's a chance in Donald Trump's America
00:10that that can get across the finish line before you leave?
00:13I don't know.
00:14The first time I ever met Donald Trump, he had just been sworn in as president.
00:17I was at a luncheon, I walked up to him, and I said,
00:19I want to talk to you about the DREAM Act.
00:21He said, you don't have to say another word.
00:23You're talking about those young kids, I'll take care of them.
00:25Within a matter of a year or two, he tried to destroy them
00:28to eliminate the DREAM Act and DACA protections that they had,
00:32and he's done nothing to help them ever since.
00:34He has people working for him in the White House.
00:36Stephen Miller is one in particular, a domestic policy advisor,
00:39who despises immigrants.
00:41Why do I say despises?
00:42Because I've been listening to him for 10 years,
00:45the speeches he wrote for senators and things that he said.
00:48As long as those people are getting the ear of the president,
00:50I'm afraid we won't be able to help those who are protected by DACA and the DREAM Act.
00:54But I'm not giving up.
00:56830,000 DACA recipients are protected by that law.
00:59There should be millions more that are protected.
01:01These are innocent kids who came to the United States as infants and toddlers.
01:05Their parents made the decision to cross the border.
01:07They didn't.
01:08They grew up here and did everything right,
01:10pledged allegiance to the flag in their classrooms every morning,
01:13thought they were part of America,
01:14and learned probably when they were about 13 or 14 they were undocumented.
01:18Now this president wants to deport them if he can.
01:21I hope he doesn't get by with that.
01:22I'm going to fight him.
01:23Senator Warren?
01:24Senator Warren.
01:25Senator Warren.
01:25Senator Warren.