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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 327 

Recognizing the three-year anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood 

Arrivals program, which permits young people who were brought to 

the United States by their parents as children to remain temporarily 

in the United States and make meaningful contributions to our country. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 18, 2015 

Mr. CASTRO of Texas (for himself, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. 

CA ́RDENAS, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. BEN RAY

LUJA ́N of New Mexico, Mr. GUTIE ́RREZ, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. VELA, Mr. 

SIRES, Mr. COSTA, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, and Ms. 

MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the three-year anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which permits 

young people who were brought to the United States 

by their parents as children to remain temporarily in 

the United States and make meaningful contributions 

to our country. 

Whereas the United States is a nation of immigrants and has 

embraced the diversity they bring; 

Whereas our Nation has thrived economically, socially, and 

culturally due to, and has been further enriched by, the 

contributions of our past and most recent immigrants; 


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Whereas young people, in particular, provide inspiration in 

their pursuit of the American dream; 

Whereas an estimated 1.4 million young immigrants are eligible to benefit from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; 

Whereas since the DACA program was launched in 2012, 

over 664,000 young people have been reviewed and approved by Federal officials to receive temporary and renewable work permits and Social Security numbers so 

they can contribute to the country of which they feel the 

most a part; 

Whereas 92 percent of DACA-eligible students over 18 years 

of age have at least a high school education; 

Whereas these young individuals provide a positive economic 

impact to the United States, with a recent report finding 

that nearly 49 percent opened their first bank account, 

45 percent had increased job earnings, and 33 percent 

obtained their first credit card; 

Whereas the economic, personal, and social impacts of the 

President’s DACA program display the overall benefits to 

our Nation; 

Whereas while these young immigrants continue to advance 

and develop themselves, 76 percent still express concern 

about close, equally hardworking, family members being 

deported; 

Whereas the President has a plan to expand the highly successful DACA program and include the parents of citizen 

and lawful permanent resident children through the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) program; and 


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Whereas the personal and economic success of DACA recipients, and the economic and fiscal benefits of the expanded DACA and DAPA programs, are projected to result over the next 10 years in gains in the gross domestic 

product of $230,000,000,000, create 28,814 jobs per 

year, and increase the income of all people in the United 

States by $124,000,000,000: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) recognizes the three-year anniversary of the 

3 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) pro4 gram, which permits young people who were brought 

5 to the United States by their parents as children to 

6 remain temporarily in the United States and make 

7 meaningful contributions to our country; 

8 (2) recognizes that young beneficiaries of the 

9 DACA program have provided inspiration in their 

10 pursuit of the American dream, which is the compel11 ling story of all immigrants to our country; 

12 (3) acknowledges that when we fully incor13 porate and integrate hardworking immigrants in our 

14 country, then the country only stands to benefit; 

15 (4) recognizes that the President’s DACA pro16 gram, along with his recent constitutionally sound 

17 executive actions on immigration (that include the 

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1 grams), serve as the precursor to legislative action; 

2 and 

3 (5) supports solutions to the problems of our 

4 broken immigration system so our country can fully 

5 benefit from the positive social and economic im6 pacts of our immigrants. 

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