Dem Rep Espaillat: DACA Protectees ‘Didn’t Face Dogs or Water Hoses’ But Will Take Us ‘to Another Level’

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show,” Representative Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) argued that in 20 years people will look at people protected by DACA and say, “maybe they didn’t face dogs or water hoses, but these guys, these young people, they really did well for America. They took us to another level.”

Espaillat said, “These young people are here. They’re going to school. They are working. They haven’t violated the law. They’re outstanding Americans. They’re so proud to be part of this experiment called the United States of America. Why turn our backs on them. They’re our future. They’re our present right now. They’re college students. They’re professionals. In every level, in every area of our economy, you find a DACA worker. You know, the — corporate America has a close warming to them. The labor unions love them. We, as immigrants, we embraced them. 20 years down the line we’re going to look at them and say, maybe they didn’t face dogs or water hoses, but these guys, these young people, they really did well for America. They took us to another level. So, why turn against them?”

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