San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer on Dreamers
Immigration
Posted December 2017
This December, Congress can vote to change the fate of Dreamers, nearly two million young immigrants who came here as children but could soon lose their place in America. If Congress doesn’t pass the Dream Act soon, these young people could be arrested, jailed, and deported out of the country they are contributing to every day, the only country they have ever known.
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