Pelosi promises to pass the Dream Act by a majority of Democrats

WASHINGTON – Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Democrat House Democrat leader, promised to enact a law that would place the so-called dreamers – young undocumented immigrants to the United States – on the road to democracy. citizenship when his party regains control of Congress & # 39; Lower House in January.

"The United States draws strength from our long and proud legacy of immigrant nations.Most of them, the Democrats will be using to overthrow the anti-immigrant destructive agenda of Republicans," he said. Pelosi in a statement, Saturday. responding to a letter sent Thursday by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. "Our Democratic majority in the House will again adopt the Dream Act to end the uncertainty and fear of young men and women patriots across the country."

Caucus lawmakers urged Pelosi – who wants her second spell as president. of the House at the next session of the Congress – to schedule votes on legislation codifying protections for beneficiaries of the Deferred Action Program for Children's Arrivals (DACA) of the Obama era and for immigrants enjoying temporary protection status 116th Congress.

"We will protect GST recipients and those fleeing unimaginable violence," Pelosi said in her statement. Adriano Espaillat, D-New York, one of the congressmen who signed the letter to Pelosi, told CBS News that Democrats should act "swiftly" in January to pass bills protecting rights holders. Dreamers and GST of any eviction, without providing any financing of a wall on the southern border – which President Trump and many Republicans have stated that it was necessary to include any proposal of 39, bipartite immigration.

"I think the Dream Act should be adopted alone, without the poison of the pills attached to it," said Espaillat.

The New York congressman added that Democrats in the House should try to pass bills in the first 100 days of the next session – something that Pelosi did not promise in his statement.

"young people are still in limbo," Espaillat said. "Without the courts, they would probably be in the shadows."

The Trump Administration attempted to dismantle the DACA which covers about 800,000 undocumented immigrants in the fall. of 2017 – but a long legal battle has kept the program alive. The Department of Homeland Security also announced the possible end of the SPT's programs for El Salvador, Honduras, Sudan and Haiti, but a federal judge blocked the decision in early October.

The government appealed the GST tribunal. decision and urged the Supreme Court to rule on the DACA case .

In her statement, Ms. Pelosi also suggested that Democrat-controlled House committees investigate the controversial practice of forcibly separating migrant children . from their parents near the US-Mexican border – that President Trump was forced to cancel by a decree after a massive outcry.

"We will hold the Trump Administration accountable for its inhumane policy of separating families, and the trauma and anguish they have inflicted on vulnerable children and families at our border" , she said.

The Congress Hispanic Caucus also emphasized in his letter to Pe Losi that the adoption of a comprehensive immigration reform should be a priority when Democrats take control of the House for the first time since 2011. Latin American lawmakers said the bill should include provisions allowing US veterans deported to return to power. country, stop "militarization" of the southern border, reunite families of migrants still separated and offer a path to access the citizenship to the 11 million undocumented immigrants residing in the United States

"These undocumented, imposing and tax-paying workers have enriched our country while contributing their knowledge, traditions and intellect to the fabric of our culture, and are part of the economic engine of the United States," they wrote in their report. letter.