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Statement by the Press Secretary on the House Passage of Congressman Steve King’s Amendment

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As the Senate prepares to debate bipartisan commonsense immigration reform next week, House Republicans chose to spend today passing an extreme amendment to strip protections from “Dreamers.” These are productive members of society who were brought here as young children, grew up in our communities, and became American in every way but on paper. This amendment, sponsored by Representative Steve King, runs contrary to our most deeply-held values as Americans. It asks law enforcement to treat these Dreamers the same way as they would violent criminals. It’s wrong. It’s not who we are. And it will not become law.

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In response to a 240-201 vote in the House of Representatives in favor of the King Amendment to the Homeland Security Appropriations Act, which would remove protections for illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children, the White House released this statement. The statement was issued on June 6, 2013.

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