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Sens. Tillis and Cornyn write Judiciary Chairman Durbin, asking for committee mark-up
Dear Chair Durbin:
We are writing to ask that you schedule an Executive Business Meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee to consider legislation to offer permanent legal status to only currently enrolled and active participants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The Judiciary Committee recently held a hearing to discuss the American Dream and Promise Act of 2021, which would provide a pathway to citizenship for an estimated 4.4 million illegal immigrants. As you knew when scheduling the hearing, there is no clear and politically viable path forward for such legislation in Congress. However, given the DACA program's shaky legal foundations, the most urgent need is to advance a solution for our currently enrolled DACA recipients. At the hearing your witness, Dr. Manuel Bernal Mejia, indicated that he would support a bill that provides permanent legal status only to active DACA recipients. He stated, "Personally, I would support such legislation if it meant a permanent solution for me and all the other DACA recipients currently, because it's been many years and, frankly, we're all tired of waiting and having our life up in the air. I think we're ready for a permanent solution." Dr. Mejia is right: we need to act now to provide permanent protection to DACA recipients. The question ofwhether to permanently enjoin the DACA program is currently pending before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, and Judge Andrew Hanen could be expected to rule at any time. In 2018, Judge Hanen found that DACA likely violates the substantive provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, in part because it "would grant lawful presence and work authorization to a million people or more for whom Congress has made no provision and has refused to make such a provision time and time again." Texas v. United States, 328 F. Supp. 3d 662, 723 (S.D. Tex. 2018). We agree that the DACA program contravenes the Immigration and Nationality Act and believe it was likely unconstitutional when issued by President Obama. Even so, we are concerned that people like Dr. Mejia-who rely on the program and came out of the shadows to participate in our economy-will lose their employment authorization when the program is ultimately struck down. The decision whether to extend permanent legal status to DACA recipients properly falls within the Article I prerogatives of Congress. Therefore, we ask that you schedule a markup of a bill that only addresses the population with the most urgent need: active DACA recipients. In addition, Senators should be free to offer reasonable amendments to this bill through an open amendment process, and receive an up-or- Did not copy second page. Here is the link https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/sites/...0re%20DACA.pdf |
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Sounds reasonable but here comes the "all or nothing" crowd....
keep the renewals if you want, just let me travel!!! |
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So really they can't pick up a phone and call?
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How crazy...two R's calling Dicky to get the Dreamer relief going...
Class act from Thommy Tillis and Johnny Cornyn! Here come the radical lefties and UWD to oppose this because it doesn't call for "immediate citizenship for all and complete abolishment of ICE" ! |
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It's sleazy, they lose nothing by offering relief to a broader Dreamer population (note: I said dreamer not broad undocumented population). But here you are already taking everything at face value. |
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Why can't you pass the Dreamer legalization first and then do the rest of the groups later... |
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Sounds political theater to me. Or formal legislative mombo jumbo? Either way it's on Durbins court. But what ever happened to the immigration working group? Not a peep. Could be a good thing. Not sure anymore. So jaided |
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No more future dreamers. Fix the problem and make sure it doesn't repeat itself |
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And I love Kammy for Kammala. Can't stand her fake ass laugh |
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The problem with immigration is that everybody wants to add their two cents and at the end any bipartisan coalitions wanting to pass anything end up unraveling because of poison amendments. Congress is too busy on infrastructure right now. Once that is taken care of, immigration shall be next. Or not. It's Congress after all |
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