Marlon Ricardo Camejo

Good evening, Washington, D.C.

I'm Marlon.

I'm coming from the great state of Connecticut.

I'm son, and also I'm an immigrant, I'm Cuban immigrant that came to this country three years ago.

I'm here talking on behalf of my dad, Moses Ricardo, that he came to this country 17 years ago, escaping from a dictatorship in Cuba, which is crazy.

It was so tough regime, and now 17 years later, my dad has to face another authoritarian regime in the U.S., so it's crazy.

So 17 years later, my dad has been here working so hard, doing his best, fighting with the fire in California, helping people in the hurricane in North Carolina.

Now the administration, this Trump administration, told him that he's a threat for this country.

And he cannot become a citizen because he's a threat.

There is nothing...

that can prove more that somebody's not afraid of 17 years working and supporting the country that he loves.

I came to this country, he was the one that taught me to love the greatest nation in earth, but that's not what we're seeing.

As I said, I'm coming from a regime.

It's so important to remark this.

So Castro and so many other dictators, they were elected.

So those that said, okay, this guy is not a dictator, he's not going to be a dictator because people elected.

No, that's not the point.

He can do it.

We are not going to let him.

That's for sure.