'Will Keep The Families Together': Dem Lawmaker Praises Biden Executive Order On Immigrants

3 months ago

In remarks outside the White House on Tuesday, Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) spoke about President Biden's order on undocumented immigrants.

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00:00Thank you. Thank you, Veronica. Familias, families, keeping families together.

00:07Manteniendo las familias juntas. This is the common thread of all these executive orders.

00:15Not just a spouse of a U.S. citizen, a child of a U.S. citizen,

00:21but they've been here in the United States over a decade, really over 10 years.

00:27The average may be 23 years.

00:30So these are folks that have been in America for a long, long time, lingering, waiting for this to happen.

00:38They're married to a U.S. citizen, and of course, this effort, this executive order, will keep the families together.

00:46It won't force them to go back home to adjust their status.

00:51They could do it from right here, from home, the United States of America.

00:55Ellos pueden hacer sus cambios a su estatus legal.

00:59Y aquí mismo, de los Estados Unidos, no tendrán que volver a su país natal.

01:05And DACA recipients and dreamers, if we educate them and we train them, let's give them the work.

01:14The economy needs them, and they've already been in our universities, so why not give them the opportunity?

01:21Many of them came when they were one, two.

01:24We heard from a young man today, a young nurse, who came when he was three years old.

01:30Some of them don't even speak the language of their native country, nor do they have relatives back there.

01:38So they are America's but for one thing, that piece of paper.

01:43So let's give them the opportunity.

01:45Vamos a darle la oportunidad a los soñadores, a los recipientes de DACA, para que puedan trabajar y seguir moviéndose hacia adelante.

01:55Remember, families, familias.

'Will Keep The Families Together': Dem Lawmaker Praises Biden Executive Order On Immigrants

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