From the people who cross it to the fentanyl that ends up in our communities, there is one thing some in both parties do agree on.

“They’re Americans in every respect except on paper,” said North Carolina Representative Deborah Ross as she re-introduced the bi-partisan America’s Children Act.  The law would protect children of long-term visa holders from aging out of the system when they turn 21, forcing them to self-deport.

Ross, who represents Wake County, said there are around 250,000 documented dreamers living in limbo as they work on a path to become permanent residents while facing possible deportation.

Flanked by people facing that dilemma, Ross said it an impossible choice whether to “stay in the United States without legal status or to leave family friends and jobs to return to countries they barely remember.”