As activist groups, concerned citizens, and DREAMers descend on Capitol Hill today to advocate for passage of the DREAM Act, these vulnerable House Republicans – including many that represent heavily Hispanic districts – are currently a NO vote on the bipartisan DREAM Act and are blocking this critical legislation from a House Floor vote by failing to add their names to the bipartisan discharge petition.
A majority of Americans agree that Congress should move quickly to protect DREAMers and fix our broken immigration system, and 91% of Hispanic voters want Congress to pass the DREAM Act. The DREAM Act is a win-win for our country, and even won the support from a member of the House Freedom Caucus. And President Trump has even said he would sign the bill into law.
Below are the names of vulnerable Republicans facing tough re-elections next year heavily Hispanic districts currently standing in the way of the DREAM Act:
- FL-25 – Mario Diaz-Balart
- FL-26 – Carlos Curbelo
- TX-23 – Will Hurd
- CA-22 – Devin Nunes
- CA-25 – Steve Knight
- CA-39 – Ed Royce
- AZ-02 – Martha McSally
- CA-50 – Duncan Hunter
- TX-07 – John Culberson
- CO-03 – Scott Tipton
- CA-49 – Darrell Issa
- CA-48 – Dana Rohrabacher
- CA-45 – Mimi Walters
- TX-32 – Pete Sessions
“The bipartisan DREAM Act would already be signed into law if it weren’t for Speaker Paul Ryan and House Republicans stalling any progress towards protecting DREAMers. They’re simply putting party politics ahead of the needs of the American people,” said Javier Gamboa of the DCCC. “We cannot forget that it was House Republicans who got us into this mess, and now they’re refusing to clean up their act. Make no mistake: failure to support the DREAM Act is a Republican failure to listen to their constituents, and it will have major consequences when they’re asking for their votes next November.”