Washington D.C. – As the deadline for the DACA program renewal comes to an end this week on October 5th, there is an effort to move the DREAM Act forward through a discharge petition to address the uncertainty that these youth will face when the program comes to an end in March 2018. With 195 signatures, the Discharge Petition (H.Res 508) introduced by Rep. Michelle Lujan-Grisham to advance the DREAM Act of 2017 in the House of Representatives still needs 23 Republicans to sign on to get a vote.
Below is a list of California’s Congressional Representatives who have signed on to the Discharge Petition to date. All California Democrats have signed the Discharge Petition. Not one Republican has signed the Discharge Petition to date.
California Representatives who have signed the Discharge Petition:
- Aguilar, Pete (D-CA-31)
- Barragan, Nanette (D-CA-44)
- Bass, Karen (D-CA-37)
- Bera, Ami (D-CA-7)
- Brownley, Julia (D-CA-26)
- Carbajal, Salud (D-CA-24)
- Cardenas, Tony (D-CA-29)
- Chu, Judy (D-CA-27)
- Correa, Luis (D-CA-46)
- Costa, Jim (D-CA-16)
- Davis, Susan (D-CA-53)
- DeSaulnier, Mark (D-CA-11)
- Eshoo, Anna (D-CA-18)
- Garamendi, John (D-CA-3)
- Gomez, Jimmy (D-CA-34)
- Huffman, Jared (D-CA-2)
- Khanna, Ro (D-CA-17)
- Lee, Barbara (D-CA-13)
- Lieu, Ted (D-CA-33)
- Lofgren, Zoe (D-CA-19)
- Lowenthal, Alan (D-CA-47)
- Matsui, Doris (D-CA-6)
- McNerney, Jerry (D-CA-9)
- Napolitano, Grace (D-CA-32)
- Panetta, Jimmy (D-CA-20)
- Pelosi, Nancy (D-CA-12)
- Peters, Scott (D-CA-52)
- Roybal-Allard, Lucille (D-CA-40)
- Ruiz, Raul (D-CA-36)
- Sanchez, Linda (D-CA-38)
- Schiff, Adam (D-CA-28)
- Sherman Brad (D-CA-30)
- Speier, Jackie (D-CA-14)
- Swalwell, Eric (D-CA-15)
- Takano, Mark (D-CA-41)
- Thompson, Mike (D-CA-5)
- Torres, Norma (D-CA-35)
- Vargas, Juan (D-CA-51)
- Waters, Maxine (D-CA-43)
California Representatives who have not signed the Discharge Petition:
- Calvert, Ken (R-CA-42)
- Cook, Paul (R-CA-8)
- Denham, Jeff (R-CA-10)
- Hunter, Duncan (R-CA-50)
- Issa, Darrell, (R-CA-50)
- Knight, Steve (R-CA-25)
- LaMalfa, Doug (R-CA-1)
- McCarthy, Kevin (R-CA-23)
- McClintock, Tom (R-CA-4)
- Nunes, Devin (R-CA-22)
- Rohrabacher, Dana (R-CA-48)
- Royce, Ed (R-CA-39)
- Valadao, David (R-CA-21)
- Walters, Mimi (R-CA-45)