{"id":2761,"date":"2017-09-20T09:59:33","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T09:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pbvmconference.org\/?p=1027"},"modified":"2021-10-20T10:46:54","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T16:46:54","slug":"aberdeens-sister-janet-horstman-speaks-out-on-daca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pbvmconference.org\/aberdeens-sister-janet-horstman-speaks-out-on-daca\/","title":{"rendered":"Aberdeen’s Sister Janet Horstman Speaks Out on DACA"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the text of Sister Janet’s September 2017 speech at the Solidarity Vigil in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Good evening everyone.<\/p>\n

Over the last 5 years I have had the amazing opportunity and incredible privilege of getting to know many Dreamers and DACA Recipients in our community and the surrounding area as we\u2019ve done the legal work to help them earn DACA and I have to say: This is a very sad day for all of us\u2026.especially for DACA recipients and DREAMERS.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a sad day for our country because our President and his administration have made the cruel and heartless decision to turn their backs on young people whom the President promised to treat with \u201cgreat heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a sad day because our President and his administration have turned their backs on hundreds of thousands of bright, talented and hard-working young people who have taken advantage of the doors that DACA has opened for them and who show so much promise for the future.
\nThese are young people who have done nothing wrong themselves! THEY did NOT violate our law … and this decision to cancel DACA punishes young people for decisions and choices they did not make.<\/p>\n

These are young people who put their trust in our government \u2026 who came forward at the invitation of our government, met strenuous requirements, passed criminal background checks and handed over their personal data to the government. They are already making very positive contributions to our communities. They are continuing their education in our schools \u2026 they are working in our local hospitals and banks and other businesses. Some of them are married now and raising children of their own. Across our country they are teachers and engineers and lawyers and nurses, construction workers and on, and on, and on. They now have drivers\u2019 licenses, many have bought cars, some have bought a home, they are paying taxes and contributing to our economy \u2026 and all of them have begun to realize their dreams. They are American in every way except on paper!!<\/p>\n

And now, our government, in whom they put their trust, wants to pull the rug out from under them and put all of this in jeopardy!!<\/p>\n

This is more than a political issue to be conveniently used to appeal to one\u2019s voters! This is a MORAL issue \u2026 this is about people\u2019s lives. This is about how we treat each other, how we treat our brothers and sisters, our neighbors and friends and our young people. We who are here tonight recognize that a higher law calls us to treat each other with dignity and respect and love \u2026 a higher law calls us to be welcoming and compassionate \u2026 those of us here tonight, stand with Dreamers and DACA recipients \u2026 those who are here and the other hundreds of thousands across our nation.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s be clear. DACA has NOT ended. It is on life-support and now it is time for Congress to do their job and do what\u2019s right. It is up to Congress to get to work and pass a law that, once and for all, protects these valuable, hard-working young people<\/p>\n

And it is up to all of us to call on our SD congressional delegation to rise above the partisan politics that have become the norm in Washington and to support bipartisan efforts to take care of Dreamers and DACA recipients.<\/p>\n

Congress has until March 5 to get this done. And our SD senators and representative need to hear from us\u2014they need to hear from YOU \u2026 and your family \u2026 and friends \u2026 co-workers \u2026 everyone you know who believes like you do that we are called to welcome our brothers and sisters and to treat each other with dignity and respect.<\/p>\n

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