“The failure by the United States Senate to
arrive at a bipartisan legislative solution offering permanent
protections to Dreamers is both bitterly distressing and utterly
unfathomable. Distressing because these are high-achieving and talented
young people who seek only to contribute their knowledge, skills, and
energy to America, the only country they have ever called home.
Unfathomable because there is widespread support nationwide and across
the aisle in Congress about the need to protect these outstanding
individuals.
We urge congressional leaders in both
chambers: Come back to the table, do not allow extraneous issues to hold
Dreamers hostage to a political face-off, and redouble your efforts to
reach a bipartisan compromise. Not only is it in our nation’s best
interest to keep our door open to these outstanding individuals, it is
simply unacceptable and morally wrong to do otherwise.”