Senator Hirono Calls For Immigration Relief For Millions Of DREAMers

On Monday morning, Senator Hirono joined hundreds of advocates at the Supreme Court to call on the Justices to uphold President Obama’s expanded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) programs. If these programs were enacted, nearly 5 million undocumented parents and children could come out of the shadows.

The Senator also joined MSNBC’s “Hardball with Chris Matthews” to stress the importance of family unity in immigration. From MSNBC: 

“And so as far as I’m concerned the President is well within his authority to issue the executive actions and it impacts 5 million people and families who live in daily fear of being deported, not to mention the 11 million undocumented people in our country.

“As an immigrant myself, when I was out there on the steps of the Supreme Court today, I could really relate to so many of the advocates who were there just hoping that the Supreme Court would support the President.”

Senator Hirono and members of ACCESS, an Arab American advocacy organization, call for the Supreme Court Justices rule with the President and millions of families