Bonamici Applauds Supreme Court Decision Restoring Protections for Dreamers: “Now They Can Dream Again”

WASHINGTON, DC [06/18/2020] – Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) issued the following statement on the Supreme Court's decision restoring the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in the case of DHS v. Regents of the University of California.

"The Supreme Court's decision today restores protections for young people that never should have been stripped away. The attempt by Donald Trump and his Administration in 2017 to terminate the DACA program left me anguished for the children and young adults who know no other home and the families who love them. The Administration threatened almost 700,000 young adults, many of whom have lived in the US for most of their life, with deportation to countries they do not know. The Court rightly overturned the Administration's "arbitrary and capricious" action.

"I have spoken with many Dreamers in NW Oregon, and with every conversation I am inspired by the resiliency and hope of these young adults. DACA allowed them to dream about their future, and to build lives, families, and careers — until the Trump administration placed them in limbo. Now they can dream again.

"Dreamers have grown up here, and they are an important part of our community and our economy. I will continue to fight for them and their dreams, as I did when I proudly voted in favor of H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act. I call on the Senate to pass the bill immediately to provide long-term protections and a path to citizenship."