i harken back to the supreme court decision of plyler versus doe, which gave all children, regardless of their lawfulness of presence in the united states the right to an education. i profoundly believe that every doe has a name, is a person and is entitled a

i harken back to the supreme court decision of plyler versus doe, which gave all children, regardless of their lawfulness of presence in the united states the right to an education. i profoundly believe that every doe has a name, is a person and is entitled to a future. wherever that future might be. it is hard for me, as a former federal prosecutor, as a lawyer who has maintained his bar status active, and who views himself as an officer of the court to think of a very young child in a removal proceeding, not understanding the meaning, the procedures and the consequence of what is about to happen. as i look back for a brief second on the last seven years, one of the signature achievements of this administration is the deferred action for childhood arrivals program. doca, that impacted the children as well. the children who were brought here by no intention of their own but by the acts of others i think how we reach their presence here and how they reach maturity throughout the years is a question of our identity as a nation and how we view our immigration system. it is, in fact, the