i want to tell you about a great american named joseph medena. he was born in mexico 101 years ago. they moved to work in the soybean fields. he learned he was undocumented. in 2016 despite the great threats our nation faces, dreamers like joseph that wanted to serve our nation in uniform are turned away from recruiting offices across the country. in contrast in 1944 all it took was for joseph to drive up to canada one afternoon and reenter the united states and return to his unit. joseph went on to fight with distinction under legendary general george mcarthur. he came to washington to plead with congress to give today's undocumented young people the same opportunity he had to fight for his country. speaking on the national mall he talked about the love for america that motivated him to enlist. the sincere patriotism he shared to the millions of undocumented youth that grew up in our communities and pledge allegiance to our flag and want to give back to our country. my amendment would enable just that. it would require a process to prevent the enlistment of beneficiaries for deferre