BREAKING: Gov. Terry McAuliffe says DACA and 700,000 dreamers here to stay
 

If Governor Terry McAuliffe is right, Reince Priebus just won a key victory against Stephen Bannon in the immigration debate raging inside the White House.

After meeting with the Trump administration, reporters asked the governor if DACA would soon get the axe. McAuliffe's answer was definitive: "absolutely not." Score one for Priebus, who's reportedly been championing a softer line on the issue.

Since taking the oath of office, President Trump has appeared to soften on the issue. Not long ago, he used to love railing against illegal immigration, including the young undocumented immigrants protected from deportation by DACA. Apparently just a big softie, Trump now says he's sympathetic to the plight of "these incredible kids."

The Obama-era program, which stands for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, shields young immigrants from deportation. According to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, over 700,000 applications have been approved since June 2016.

Supporters say it's the only fair policy for children brought to this country by their parents. Opponents call it a form of amnesty. And McAuliffe says it's here to stay.

While the White House hasn't officially ruled out ending the program, McAuliffe says that Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly "reiterated [the administration's] support for the dreamers here in this country and that the policy will continue."

That's news that will likely anger many in Trump's base, like those who hail from Breitbart News and NumbersUSA, who want to see a decrease in overall immigration. It's also a sign that Priebus has managed to soften the president's hard edge.

Link: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/br...rticle/2615899

Re: BREAKING: Gov. Terry McAuliffe says DACA and 700,000 dreamers here to stay
 

Who's Terry McAuliffe?

Re: BREAKING: Gov. Terry McAuliffe says DACA and 700,000 dreamers here to stay
 

The governor if Virginia

Governor McAuliffe says John Kelly told him the administration wouldn't end DACA
 

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the National Governors Association says the Trump administration promised only criminals will be deported and ICE agents will not perform random spot checks for people living in the United States illegally.

As the Department of Homeland Security moves ahead with plans to hire thousands of new agents and take a more aggressive approach to deportation, 46 governors came to Washington over the past three days to meet their federal colleagues for the NGA’s winter meeting.
Virginia’s Democratic governor Terry McAuliffe, who is chair of the group, said he was “emphatically” assured by Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly that only people involved in criminal enterprises will be targeted for deportation.

He said Kelly also assured him that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents will not start conducting random spot checks of individuals to see if they are in the country legally.
McAuliffe, a strong supporter and longtime friend of the Clintons, said he had dinner with President Trump Sunday evening and brought up the same issues. While he was more vague in describing that conversation, he said Trump made similar assurances.

“I have been very bothered. There were instances in Virginia where people had walked out of a church, a hypothermia center, and were stopped by ICE agents,” said McAuliffe. “Is the new standard in America that we are just randomly going to stop individuals?”
He also said Secretary Kelly promised the administration would “absolutely not” undo DACA, the Obama White House’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which protects children brought illegally to the country from deportation. McAuliffe said he urged Kelly to spread this message to the American people to counteract a “chilling effect” that had taken hold.

“If indeed what Gen. Kelly has indicated today, that most people are fine, they will not be touched, then he needs to convey that to the American public because you can’t just continue to say ‘we are deporting the bad guys,” he said.
On Monday, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said a new immigration ban executive order would be coming later this week to replace the January 27 order that has been challenged in court.
Trump is addressing a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night and Spicer told reporters “you will hear a lot about immigration.”

https://www.buzzfeed.com/paulmcleod/...Wo#.siY1dqA87n

Re: BREAKING: Gov. Terry McAuliffe says DACA and 700,000 dreamers here to stay
 

Gotcha. I'm really starting to believe that DACA wont be touched. I just really hope that the immigration reform includes pathways to citizenship or permanent residency too.

Re: Governor McAuliffe says John Kelly told him the administration wouldn't end DACA
 

Hmm

I really really hope this is true :)

Re: Governor McAuliffe says John Kelly told him the administration wouldn't end DACA
 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2017...ess-first-time

Here is the information about the joint session tomorrow. Anyone know if it's 9pm EST or PST?

Re: BREAKING: Gov. Terry McAuliffe says DACA and 700,000 dreamers here to stay
 

Merged the two threads

Re: BREAKING: Gov. Terry McAuliffe says DACA and 700,000 dreamers here to stay
 

so no bridge act, enlist act, safe act? no permanent solution... hmmmm, daca forever!

Re: BREAKING: Gov. Terry McAuliffe says DACA and 700,000 dreamers here to stay
 

Better than nothing, hopefully Advance Parole will stay.