Valuing freedom, diversity, and always opening our doors to people escaping unimaginable violence and hardship who want a shot at a better life: that is and what has made this country great.
Unfortunately, Donald Trump does not agree. This week, the Supreme Court heard arguments concerning President Trump's cruel and heartless decision to cancel the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), putting nearly 800,000 Dreamers at risk of deportation from the only country they have known.
These Dreamers are sons and daughters, mothers and fathers, partners, and friends. They're college students, engineers, teachers, and members of the military.
They're also just like my beautiful wife, Gisele. Her mom brought her to this country from Brazil at eight years old so she too could have a shot at a better life.
Immigrants love this country in ways that people fortunate enough to be born here can never truly understand. We come here, leaving behind everything we’ve known, because of the promise that America represents: a hope for a better future for our families, and we are deeply appreciative of the opportunity.
My mother brought me here when I was 7 years old. She gave up a good job in Brazil to clean houses in America so that my brother and I would have a shot at a better life. We were undocumented when we came, and although we have all since become citizens, we will never forget the constant fear that came with our immigration status.
Today, there are millions of people in the U.S. who were brought here as children by their parents under similar circumstances. Many of them were brought here very young, and this is the only home they have ever known. In 2012, the Obama administration allowed these young people to step out of the shadows, giving them hope of being able to fully pursue their American dreams through a program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA.
President Donald Trump wants to end DACA, and he has taken his case to the Supreme Court. If this administration is permitted by the court to cancel this vital program, families will be torn apart, and millions of bright, young, hardworking people who want nothing more than to contribute to the country they love will find their lives and dreams shattered as they are sent to places they may not even remember.
Talk soon,
John
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