Belinda described 12 years of extortion, forced criminal behavior including prostitution, and escalating violence from one of her brothers and his fellow gang members.

A group of priests, religious, young immigrants and their supporters gathered outside of the U.S. Capitol to pray for the Dreamers, whose lives are in limbo, and for the legislators who have the power to change their situation.

"We forget where we came from, not just as the early Christian church, but also as a country."

Mr. Trump’s proposed deal represents an almost complete reversal from previous Republican immigration priorities.

“Families aren’t chains. They are mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, grandmothers, grandfathers and brothers and sisters.”

“It’s not just, ‘I’ll pray for you.’ We need to do something personally for them.”