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Press Release

 

For Immediate Release  
Contact: Dan Gordon <mailto:[email protected]>,
617-651-0841 
Feb. 10, 2023

**Bipartisan Senators Dare to Dream** 

**WASHINGTON, D.C.** - Bipartisan legislation that would protect
people brought to the U.S. as children is back, and the urgency is
greater. 

Yesterday, Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) and Lindsey Graham (R-South
Carolina) introduced the Dream Act of 2023
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resembles earlier versions
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that legislation. The news comes as 600,000 Deferred Action for
Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients - and their employers and schools
- are in limbo because of court challenges
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the policy. 

The Dream Act would resolve legal concerns related to DACA and offer
Dreamers permanent legal status, allowing them to continue living and
working in the U.S. without fear of deportation. The 2021 Dream Act
would have offered permanence to as many as 1.9 million
Dreamers, according to FWD.us
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In polling in late November
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73% of registered voters, including 70% of self-identified
conservatives, said they supported prompt legislative action that would
provide a permanent solution for Dreamers, in addition to strengthening
border security and meeting farm workforce needs. 

"It is great to see Senators Durbin and Graham continuing to work
together on a solution that has always maintained significant bipartisan
support," said 

**Jennie Murray, President and CEO of the National Immigration Forum**.
"There is strong support among conservatives, moderates and liberals
across the country for a Dreamer solution this year. 

"DACA's days are numbered. Congress must act quickly to provide a
permanent solution for Dreamers, who are contributing so much to
America. We can't afford to let them down." 

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