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From Wolf Blitzer's show. The video link is in the spoiler below:
Blitzer: The president said he would support allowing those "Dreamers" to stay in the United States and even eventually have a pathway to citizenship but only if you in the House and the Senate approve billions of dollars to build a new wall along the US-Mexico border and take other steps curtailing immigration into the United States. You're not ready to do that, right?
Rep. Jackie Speier, California: No, but I have said publicly before that if what we're doing is building a useless wall for a couple of years that we can then tear down, I'm willing to pay that price to make sure these DACA kids* can stay in the country.
*Over 70% of DACA recipients are adults. Source. Nevertheless, prominent Democrats such as Kamala Harris and Kirsten Gillibrand continue to refer to them as "children" or "kids" in the mainstream media.
Blitzer: The president said he would support allowing those "Dreamers" to stay in the United States and even eventually have a pathway to citizenship but only if you in the House and the Senate approve billions of dollars to build a new wall along the US-Mexico border and take other steps curtailing immigration into the United States. You're not ready to do that, right?
Rep. Jackie Speier, California: No, but I have said publicly before that if what we're doing is building a useless wall for a couple of years that we can then tear down, I'm willing to pay that price to make sure these DACA kids* can stay in the country.
*Over 70% of DACA recipients are adults. Source. Nevertheless, prominent Democrats such as Kamala Harris and Kirsten Gillibrand continue to refer to them as "children" or "kids" in the mainstream media.
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