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Dick Durbin: “I decided to introduce a bill called the DREAM Act.”

Featuring: Dick Durbin, Democratic | U.S. Senate Illinois

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Durbin Delivers Opening Statement During Spotlight Forum On Protecting Dreamers

Published | Video Starts at 01:35

Theresa, 18 years old, leave the United States for 10 years and then petition to come back. I thought, that's just horrible. It's terrible. And so I decided to introduce a bill called the DREAM Act. The first hearing we ever had on the bill was in this very same room. It was over 20 years ago. Teresa inspired me to go to work to find a law to answer her situation. (01:35–01:38)

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