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Biotech Leaders Urge President Trump and Congress to Preserve DACA

To:       President Donald J. Trump CC:      Speaker Paul Ryan; Leader Nancy Pelosi; Leader Mitch McConnell; Leader Charles E.              Schumer; Members of the Senate; and, Members of the House of Representatives From:   Leaders in the Biotechnology Industry Re:        Preserve the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program Dear President Trump: We, the 185 signatories to this letter, are entrepreneurs and business leaders in the Biotechnology Industry. We are deeply concerned about new developments in immigration policy that threaten the future of young undocumented immigrants brought to America as children. We ask you to reconsider your decision to rescind the DACA program. The DACA program, which allows nearly 800,000 Dreamers the basic opportunity to work and study without the threat of deportation, is in jeopardy. All DACA recipients grew up in America, registered with our government, submitted to extensive background checks, and a