John Kelly says Congress has done "nothing" to fix DACA
 

In an email sent to Fox News on Sunday, Kelly responded directly to those claims, saying Congress has the "luxury" of doing nothing.

"As far as the congressman and other irresponsible members of congress are concerned, they have the luxury of saying what they want as they do nothing and have almost no responsibility," Kelly wrote in the email.

He added, "During my time at DHS - from 20 Jan until this moment - I have met with hundreds of members on both sides of the hill … My [message] always was 'I have bought you time to do something on DACA.' I begged and pleaded with them. They did exactly nothing."


While the memo, outlined by Sessions and the Department of Homeland Security, contains a six-month window of adjudication -- essentially allowing Congress a time frame to develop its own immigration legislation -- Kelly wrote that he is less than convinced they will act.

"I worked and succeeded to give the congress another six months to do something. I am not confident," said Kelly.
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Bells going off :(

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Yup, he is totally right. This issue will go cold and nothing will happen.

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The only reason I'm still hopeful it's because of this:

"We hope we don’t have to get to a face-down with the White House or Republicans over this issue," Durbin said. "But Senator Schumer and Nancy Pelosi have made it abundantly clear that this is a priority. We’re not going to leave town without it.” Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and his House counterpart, Nancy Pelosi, have both demanded protection for the young immigrants.


If nothing happens after december, then yeah it's over.

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I hope and pray this works out for us. That's why exactly we need to keep on calling and writing and everything. So as I understand, Wednesday's meeting is to evaluate DACA's benefit, not DA's. Is that right?

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John Kelly is a good man. He's done a lot to try to help the Trump presidency too. I kinda agree with him. Since DACA has been rescinded, all I have seen is a lot of talk and procrastination on how to deal with us. I'd rather they do something for us sooner rather than later. God knows what the future holds. Better to come up with something now!!! Heck, I will even take the Bridge Act now.

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you mean after or before december?

if anything about us has to happen. it has to be before december 12th. if not then there is no chance after december.

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Yes, I mean before the December deadline

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I feel like we are going to end up with Bridge Act all last minute. I'm fine with that, it will take us to the beginning of the next president's term.

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I don't see how Bridge Act would pass but not Dream Act. I believe they would both require Border Security, might as well push for Dream Act.

Kelly speaks the truth, Congress is all talk, they don't give a shit how desperate we are. They couldn't care less. Only a few do.

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I have no faith in Congress, everybody should be prepare for the worst. We had been in this position before, waiting for Congress to do the right thing, didn't turn out well for us.

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I said it before. My biggest fear would be that our situation would turn into like Obamacare. Were no one wants to tackle or fix the issue and then they put us in the back burner.

Right now is a fresh issue we're there is a possibility of fixing this once and for all. But if we get to December and the Democrats can't make a deal, then we must expect the worse.

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He added, "During my time at DHS - from 20 Jan until this moment - I have met with hundreds of members on both sides of the hill … My [message] always was 'I have bought you time to do something on DACA.' I begged and pleaded with them. They did exactly nothing."

lmao hes right wtf were they doing since jan 20 - sept 5th?

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Well GOP control congress decides what comes to the floor. PErhaps he should talk to them..

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I wanna be positive, or it's difficult to make it through the day. Before the threat of the lawsuit, with what Trump said, everyone thought DACA was safe, so there was no urgency to do anything. What the white house did, now I came to appreciate, is the sense of urgency. We need to put pressure on Schumer, and Pelosi, and ask Durbin to push and remind them what needs to happen. We just have to keep the pressure there.

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Have guys seen DREAM ACT is Most-Viewed Bills ( Top 10 ).
Senate DA is at #1, House DA is at #4 and also RACA and Bridge Act all of those are on top 10.

https://www.congress.gov/resources/d...t-Viewed+Bills

They also have scheduled on Wednesday, Sep. 13, 2017
Judiciary
10:00 AM — SD-226
Hearings to examine the long-term impact of immigration, focusing on exploring potential reforms to our Nation's guest worker programs and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, and their potential impact on the American economy and local communities.

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That hearing was postponed...

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Yes, it seems like the likely outcome. They might hold a vote just to save face in the last minute, but it will probably fall short of a few votes like in 2010. It's just sad.

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Today's threads got real depressing....fuck.

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You guys are so temperamental and need to develop a back bone. Stop whining on this thread and take action.