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AR Congressman to DACA Recipients: 'I'm not someone who's trying to kick out Dreamers

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Top Arkansas leaders came together under one roof at the Clinton Library Friday for the Delta Caucus.

DACA recipients, undocumented immigrants whose parents brought them illegally to the U.S. as children, used that to their advantage.

As the program hangs in limbo, they claim the Arkansas congressional delegation has ignored their calls so they confronted the only one present in Little Rock.

The small group chanted, "Congressmen, we see you! Congressmen, where are you!," outside the library as U.S. Congressman Rick Crawford spoke inside about trade with Cuba and other job opportunities in the state.

The chants of the DACA recipients arguably worked as Congressman Crawford made himself known as he left out of the library's main entrance. A 19-year-old Dreamer wouldn't let him get away.

"I actually would like for you to maybe do something about it because I'm a 4.0 bio, pre-med student on a full ride at Philander Smith College," Maria Meneses told the congressman when she caught up with him.

Meneses couldn't hold back tears as she explained to Crawford her dreams of going into the Navy and becoming a doctor.

"It's okay," Crawford said as he comforted her. "Hey, listen. Let me tell you something about the Navy thing. That's still an opportunity for you, okay? So I would continue to pursue that. That's a pathway to citizenship."

However, Meneses said she already tried to join and was turned away.

"If you call my office, I'll help you," Crawford said. "If they still tell us no, at least it won't be because we haven't tried."

"But what about the others?," Meneses asked.

"I understand, I understand," Crawford responded. "What I'm saying is I'm sympathetic to your position and I recognize that. I'm not someone who's trying to kick out Dreamers or anything like that."

http://www.arkansasmatters.com/news/...mers/841549833

He is a republican. Good for this girl for confronting him! On his website he opposes DACA and he released a statement when it was terminated indicating he doesn’t care about us being deported.

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Congressman Rick Crawford (AR-1) issued the following statement following the Trump administration's announcement to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program:

“The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was created by an unconstitutional executive action, and President Trump correctly decided to rescind the program in favor of a more comprehensive approach to immigration reform. While it isn’t fair that many young people were brought here through no fault of their own, granting illegal immigrants amnesty every few years also isn’t fair to the families who do immigrate legally. Any immigration reform policy Congress takes up must first strengthen border security and then address the illegal immigrants already here, to do otherwise would be treating a symptom instead of the root problem.”

Putting faces to our plight is very important. Maybe this encounter would have an effect on him ? Let’s hope so .