Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., is seeking a second term in a state that is home to about 13,000 DACA recipients - and hundreds of thousands of federal employees whose livelihoods are at risk during government shutdowns.
"I will exercise every bit of leverage I can for the Dream Act, but if there is a vote that would lead to a shutdown, that's where I draw the line," he said.
Kaine recalled meeting last month in northern Virginia with a group of Latino voters to discuss his support for the Dream Act. "But around that table there were Latino federal employees who say, 'Don't shut down the federal government,' " he said.