--- title: State of the Union: Lawmaker Asks Police to Arrest Dreamers description: Rep. Paul Gosar asked police to arrest undocumented immigrants at the State of the Union after Democrats invited DACA Dreamers to attend canonical: https://time.com/5125675/state-of-the-union-daca-dreamers-paul-gosar/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-30T22:18:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-12T08:48:27.992Z article:section: Politics og:title: Democrats Invited 'Dreamers' to the State of the Union. 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Trump's First State of the Union Address In 4 Minutes_  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jan 30, 2018 10:18 PM UTC Trump's First State of the Union Address In 4 Minutes  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jan 30, 2018 10:18 PM UTC Republican Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar said he has asked Capitol Police to arrest and deport any undocumented immigrants present at the [State of the Union](http://time.com/5125461/donald-trump-state-of-the-union-address/) on Tuesday night, after more than a dozen Democratic lawmakers announced they were [bringing Dreamers to the speech](http://time.com/5123287/state-union-daca-dreamers-democrat-guests/) as their guests. Democrats had invited [Dreamers](http://time.com/daca-dream-act-jose-antonio-vargas-time-cover-revisited/) in an effort to urge President Trump and Republican lawmakers to find a solution for the undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children. Members of Congress have [struggled to agree](http://time.com/5120633/trump-daca-plan-immigration-reaction/) on an [immigration plan](http://time.com/5119624/donald-trump-dreamers-citizenship-plan/) in the months since Trump announced he would end the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which protected those young immigrants from deportation. “Today, Congressman Paul Gosar contacted the U.S. Capitol Police, as well as Attorney General Jeff Sessions, asking they consider checking identification of all attending the State of the Union address and arresting any illegal aliens in attendance,” read a [tweet](https://twitter.com/RepGosar/status/958407946060300288) from Gosar’s official Twitter account Tuesday afternoon, hours before [Trump’s speech](http://time.com/5123973/trump-state-of-the-union-livestream/). “Additionally, Congressman Gosar asked that they arrest those using fraudulent social security numbers and identification to pass through security.” A spokesperson for Capitol Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Tuesday. “Of all the places where the Rule of Law needs to be enforced, it should be in the hallowed halls of Congress. Any illegal aliens attempting to go through security, under any pretext of invitation or otherwise, should be arrested and deported,” Gosar said, according to the [tweeted statement](https://twitter.com/RepGosar/status/958407948048523264). His threat quickly sparked criticism from Democrats and at least one Republican. “This is why we can’t have nice things…” Republican [Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake](http://time.com/5042705/donald-trump-jeff-flake-not-going-quietly/), who is [not seeking reelection](http://time.com/4995650/arizona-jeff-flake-retire-donald-trump-republican-party/) in 2018, said in a [tweet](https://twitter.com/JeffFlake/status/958425737299668992). “This is why you got forced out of office,” Gosar [responded](https://twitter.com/RepGosar/status/958440895191363585). House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi [told Business Insider](http://www.businessinsider.com/nancy-pelosi-calls-paul-gosar-anti-christian-over-state-of-the-union-threats-2018-1) that Gosar’s comments were “so outside the circle of respectable behavior for a member of Congress that it’s hard to comment on it.” “But a lot of our colleagues are people of faith and profess to believe that all of us have a spark of divinity in us — that we’re all children of God,” she said. “And for him to make such a statement really dishonors the God who made us.” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer accused Gosar of “planting seeds of division and fear.” “Dreamers are not a threat; they represent the best of our country, and the majority of Americans and Congress stand behind them,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a [tweet](https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/958440374413996032). “Stop planting seeds of division and fear and instead get to work on finding a solution.” > [](https://twitter.com/RepBarbaraLee/status/958433459680305154) > [](https://twitter.com/brianschatz/status/958449663480385536) > [](https://twitter.com/NancyPelosi/status/958433024722526208) > [](https://twitter.com/MartinHeinrich/status/958456032551952385) ## Transcript [00:00] Let's begin tonight by recognizing that the state [00:04] our union is strong because our people [00:08] are strong. [ APPLAUSE ] [00:13] We have created 2. 4 million new jobs. [ APPLAUSE ] [00:16] Including [ APPLAUSE ] including 200, 000 new jobs in [00:17] manufacturing alone. And just as I promised the [00:22] American people from [00:27] this podium 11 [00:31] months ago, we enacted the [00:35] biggest tax cuts and reforms in American history. [00:40] Since we passed tax cuts, roughly three million workers [00:44] have already got tax cut Bonuses. Many of [00:48] them thousands and thousands of dollars per worker [00:52] and it's getting more every month every week. Apple [00:57] has just announced the plans to invest a total of $ 350 [01:02] billion in America. And hire another 20, 000 [01:07] workers. The era of economic surrender is [01:11] totally over. From now on we expect trading [01:15] relationships to be fair and very importantly, [01:20] reciprocal. I am asking both parties to come together [01:24] to give us safe, fast, reliable, and modern [01:27] infrastructure. That our economy needs and our [01:30] people deserve. Tonight I'm calling on Congress to [01:33] produce a bill that generates at least, $ 1. 5 [01:38] trilion for the new infrastructure investment that [01:43] our country so desperately needs. This in fact is our [01:47] new American moment. There has never been a better [01:51] time to start living the American dream. Because [01:54] Americans are dreamers too. The first paragraph [01:59] about framework generally offers a path to citizenships [02:05] for 1. 8 million illegal emigrants. Who were brought [02:09] here by their parents at a young age. [ APPLAUSE ] [02:12] Under our plan, those who meet education and work [02:16] requirements, and show good moral character, will be [02:19] able to become full citizens of the United States over a [02:23] twelve- year period. As part of our defense [02:28] We most modernize and rebuild our nuclear arsenal. [02:33] Hopefully, never having to use it but making it so [02:37] strong and so powerful that it would deter any [02:42] acts of aggression but no regime. Has [02:46] oppressed it's own citizens more totally, more brutally, [02:51] than the cruel dictatorship in North Korea. North [02:56] Korea's reckless pursuit of nuclear missiles could [03:00] very soon threaten our homeland. We are waging [03:04] a campaign of maximum pressure. To prevent [03:09] that from ever happening. I am proud to report that [03:13] the coalition to defeat ISIS has liberated very [03:17] close to 100 % of the territory just [03:21] recently held by these killers in Iraq and [03:26] in Syria, and in other locations, as well. [ APPLAUSE ] [03:40] [ APPLAUSE ] [03:51] But there is much more work to be done. We will [03:55] continue our fight until ISIS is defeated. [ APPLAUSE ] [04:01] We will never fail. [04:03] Our families will thrive. Our people will [04:07] prosper. And our nation Will forever [04:12] be safe, and strong, and proud, and mighty, and free. [04:17] Thank you, and God bless America. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5125675/state-of-the-union-daca-dreamers-paul-gosar/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5125675/state-of-the-union-daca-dreamers-paul-gosar/"},"headline":"Democrats Invited 'Dreamers' to the State of the Union. 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