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Jeff flake : Congress has failed on DACA. Here’s what must happen now.

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02-20-2018, 12:37 PM
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But that’s a hard point to argue after watching the Senate squander its best opportunity to pass legislation both to protect young immigrants affected by the uncertain future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and to strengthen security along the border.

Somehow, despite sweeping public support for both these items, we could not find a compromise that 60 senators could agree with. To say it was a disappointment would be an understatement.

I do appreciate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s attempt to facilitate an open debate to deliver an effective piece of bipartisan legislation. Senators on both sides of the aisle made a concerted effort to forge consensus. Unfortunately, the siren call of politics brought too many of us back into partisan trenches and blocked any hope of real results.


But if I’m being candid, after what we’ve experienced over these past weeks, I can’t see this Congress agreeing with this president on a package that includes a path to citizenship for DACA participants coupled with significant changes to our legal immigration structure. That comprehensive immigration reform has proved to be beyond our grasp.

That is why, when the Senate reconvenes next week, the first action I will take will be to introduce a bill extending DACA protections for three years and providing $7.6 billion to fully fund the first three years of the administration’s border-security proposal. I’ll be the first to admit this “three for three” approach is far from a perfect solution, but it would provide a temporary fix by beginning the process of improving border security and ensuring DACA recipients will not face potential deportation


In the days following the introduction of this DACA extension, I’ll be on the floor to offer a unanimous-consent request for an up-or-down vote. I can’t promise that one of my colleagues won’t object — effectively blocking such a vote — but I promise that I’ll be back on the floor, again and again, motioning for a vote until the Senate passes a bill providing relief to those struggling.

We may not have been able to deliver a permanent solution to these problems, but we cannot abdicate the responsibility of Congress to solve them. There are too many people with too much at stake.

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Flake the man
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Wow what a good man
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Thanks, Flake.
Can anyone tell me why he wants three years though? Why not four or five? This administration has proved to be impossible to negotiate with.
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Thanks, Flake.
Can anyone tell me why he wants three years though? Why not four or five? This administration has proved to be impossible to negotiate with.
Probably just a temporary solution until the presidential election
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Thanks, Flake.
Can anyone tell me why he wants three years though? Why not four or five? This administration has proved to be impossible to negotiate with.
it appeases both parties... conservatives doesnt want us to be legalized, liberals doesnt want no wall. a good proposal to meet in the middle
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Thanks, Flake.
Can anyone tell me why he wants three years though? Why not four or five? This administration has proved to be impossible to negotiate with.
So they can keep milking $500 from us every time we have to apply. By that logic, I'm surprised it's not once every year.

Joking aside, if they extend DACA, they should add a provision ending the 10-year ban for us so we can adjust some other way. Obviously, that's hoping too much, but I don't think they will ever pass legislation legalizing us so we'll be stuck with DACA forever.
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Thanks, Flake.
Can anyone tell me why he wants three years though? Why not four or five? This administration has proved to be impossible to negotiate with.
Flake got the 3 year extension idea from the BRIDGE act. His bill is pretty much the BRIDGE act plus wall money.
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If this is the best solution for now I'm all for it.

Something is better than nothing. I just wished age out Dreamers can applied too!
I'm sending my package next week (hopefully I still have time)
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Kudos to Flake, who genuinely wants to help dreamers out of compassion and not self-interest. He is not running for reelection and yet he has not given up on the fight - bring real solutions/plans to the table. Too often all we see is people seizing the floor to talk passionately about dreamer while producing absolutely NOTHING.
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