Foster leads call to allow DREAMers to join military

Congressman Bill Foster introduces the next speaker at the Lemont 150th Anniversary Commemoration on Friday, June 9, 2023 in downtown Lemont. — Congressman Bill Foster introduces the next speaker at the Lemont 150th Anniversary Commemoration on Friday, June 9, 2023, in downtown Lemont. (Gary Middendorf – gmiddendorf@shawmedia/Gary Middendorf)

June 18, 2023 at 9:00 am CDT

U.S. Rep. Bill Foster, D-Naperville, led eight of his Democratic colleagues in introducing a resolution that calls on the secretary of defense to authorize beneficiaries of the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act to join the armed services.

A copy of the resolution can be found at foster.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/foster.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/foster_018_xml.pdf.

Original co-sponsors of the resolution include Mark Takano, D-Calif., Barbara Lee, D-Calif., Donald Norcross, D-N.J., Donald M. Payne Jr., D-N.J., Dina Titus, D-Nev., James P. McGovern, D-Mass., Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., and Yvette D. Clarke, D-N.Y.