The 3 bills Congress could use to protect DACA recipients

Swim19 · 09-05-2017, 07:06 PM

Another good analysis by VOX:

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There are three bills that have already been proposed to protect DACA recipients — and all three have some Republican support

The good news for DACA recipients is that there are a not-insignificant number of Republicans, in both chambers of Congress, who agree that something needs to be done to keep them from losing their work permits and deportation protections. The bad news is that there are at least 3 different ideas that have already been proposed for what that solution would be — and no one of them yet has a critical mass of Republican support.

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Who will demand tradeoffs — and what those tradeoffs will be

Figuring out which vehicle to use to protect DREAMers is only the first hurdle. DACA’s defenders in Congress then need to get it to pass.

It is unlikely, to say the least, that any of these bills would have 60 votes in the Senate as they exist today — and that Trump would sign a bill that only addressed the DREAMer question.

At the same time, no one in Congress is categorically saying they won’t make a deal — even Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), the most hardline member of the Senate on immigration, is willing to entertain legalizing DREAMers in exchange for halving legal immigration over the next decade and making it mandatory for employers to electronically check that anyone they hire is a legal worker.

The sweet spot of a 60-vote Senate majority and a 218-vote House one is probably somewhere between a standalone DACA-legalization bill and the Cotton “deal.” The question is where. Different factions of Congress have different priorities they want to address on immigration, and many are likely to get on board with a proposal to protect DREAMers only if they’re given some of what they want on immigration as well.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-polit...ac-daca-bridge

DanielPL · 09-05-2017, 07:07 PM

Dream act is the way to go

VJB2 · 09-05-2017, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by DanielPL

Dream act is the way to go

Compromise, and a lot of enforcement is the actual way to go. Nothing will happen without the two.

unrealunknown92 · 09-05-2017, 07:15 PM

DA + Border security + E-verify?

vft1008 · 09-05-2017, 07:25 PM

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DA + Border security + E-verify?

Sure.

Nycgal111 · 09-05-2017, 08:19 PM

I will take anything at this point.

On another note, there's another hurricane coming. Hurricane Irma and they're making it seem like it's gonna be a big one. If that happens, we will be overshadowed. I hope for everyone's sakes, it's a weak one.

greentea · 09-05-2017, 08:22 PM

Tom Cotton + DREAM Act with a side of Border Security and funding to "start" the wall. It's never going to finish anyway.

dreamer12345 · 09-06-2017, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by greentea

Tom Cotton + DREAM Act with a side of Border Security and funding to "start" the wall. It's never going to finish anyway.

That's what I'm thinking as well. "Fund the wall", get tied up w/imminent domain lawsuits, get Trump the fuck out w/Russia or cripple him in 2018, get a democrat in 2020, get him/her to kill the wall.

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The 3 bills Congress could use to protect DACA recipients