Pelosi calls illegal immigrant youths 'patriotic,' promises amnesty https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/pelosi-calls-illegal-immigrant-youths-patriotic-promises-amnesty Incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is doubling down on her plan to open America’s doors to undocumented immigrants with a promise to pass the Dream Act and comprehensive immigration reform. Under pressure to move on the two packages in the face of opposition from the GOP and White House, the California congresswoman indicated that they will be among the initial moves by the new Democratic majority. In a column co-written with House Rep. John Sarbanes of Maryland, the immigration issues were packaged in a paragraph where the duo promised to “make life better for all Americans.” Those targeted by the Dream Act are not citizens or even documented. The act targets children brought illegally into the United States and would provide a path to citizenship, sometimes referred to by critics as amnesty. A different program instituted by the Obama administration called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals targets about 700,000 younger illegal immigrants for temporary citizenship. In the Washington Post, Pelosi and Sarbanes wrote, “We will confront discrimination with the Equality Act , pass the Dream Act to protect the patriotic young undocumented immigrants who came here as children, and take the first step toward comprehensive immigration reform. Their pledge comes as a “caravan” of migrants from Central America is trying to cross into the United States despite pledges by the president to stop them. (Let the arrests begin and stop the Insanity)