{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://hankjohnson.house.gov/media-center/editorials/aspiring-surgeon-highlights-need-pass-dream-act-huffington-post", "Aspiring Surgeon Highlights Need to Pass Dream Act (The Huffington Post)", "2017-12-19", "2017", "2017-12", "Democrat", "House", "GA", "Hank Johnson", "J000288", "hankjohnson.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Like any young girl growing up in Rockdale County, Cinthya Moran, 17, always had a sense of comfort and security living in the friendly confines of metro Atlanta.\nShe made quick friendships in school, loved the neighborhood where she lived and celebrated life in the small-town South. \nAs an aspiring cardiovascular surgeon, Cinthya took her studies seriously  accumulating a 3.8 GPA by staying up nights and studying  pushing herself to work twice as hard.\nBut now her dreams of becoming a doctor could be shattered forever. \nThats because Cinthya is one of about 800,000 DREAMers nationwide  young children brought to this country by their parents.\nThanks to President Trumps craven decision to reverse the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program or DACA, Cinthyas contributions and those of hundreds of thousands of other DREAMers to our community and country could come to an end.\nMake no mistake, Congress has to now fix this problem that Trump created. Im hopeful that Republicans can come together with Democrats and pass the bipartisan DREAM Act.\nDeporting DREAMers like Cinthya means destroying the lives of hundreds of thousands of patriotic young people, costing the economy billions and betraying the fundamental values of the American Dream.\nYoung DREAMers in communities across the country are Americans in every way except on paper  but the Trump Administration apparently wants to deport them to countries that many of them have never known.\nCinthya is in high school, dually enrolled and taking college courses. She is determined to prove that her contributions to our country are worthwhile and challenge the narrative that the undocumented community is a burden to society.\nAnd Cinthya isnt alone. DREAMers are models of what we hope our citizens become. They go to school, join the armed forces and become productive members of society. In Georgia, the rescission of DACA could mean that 24,000 people would be deported. \nIt is cruel to banish people to a strange land where oftentimes they dont know the language or culture. Its for constituents like Cinthya that Im proud to join my Democratic colleagues in fighting to pass the DREAM Act.\nCinthya has the potential, vision and dedication to become a cardiovascular surgeon, but she wonders how she will be able to apply the knowledge and skills she has acquired if Im hiding away in fear of being taken back to a country I have no memory of?\nLets come together and give Cinthya and the hundreds of thousands of other DREAMers the safety, security and certainty they deserve so they can continue to contribute to Americas future. \nDreamers make our country richer and are part of our nations fabric. I know I would be proud to be the parent of any of these DREAMers. \nFour times since the Trump Administration terminated DACA, House Democrats have moved to force an immediate vote on the DREAM Act  and four times, House Republicans have blocked an up or down vote. \nDREAMers had the courage and patriotism to step out of the shadows and enroll in DACA. \nIt is time for House Republicans to have an up or down vote on the DREAM Act. Being on the right side of history outweighs partisan politics now more than ever.\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://hankjohnson.house.gov/media-center/editorials/aspiring-surgeon-highlights-need-pass-dream-act-huffington-post"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9327689185738564, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}