WASHINGTON — Thirty-four House Republicans, including two Texans, are calling for Congress to pass a permanent fix to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program by year’s end —adding a new wrinkle to an already looming fight over the immigration program and a potential government shutdown.

On Tuesday, the group of Republicans — including Ennis Rep. Joe Barton and San Antonio Rep. Will Hurd — wrote to Speaker Paul Ryan to say that while they agree with President Donald Trump that the Obama-era program should not have been enacted through executive order, Congress should act this month to protect undocumented children brought to the country illegally from deportation.

“We are compelled to act immediately because many DACA recipients are about to lose or have already lost their permits in the wake of the program’s rescission. Not acting is creating understandable uncertainty and anxiety amongst immigrant communities,” the lawmakers wrote.

The news comes a day after Texas Sen. John Cornyn flatly ruled out a demand by some Democrats to include a legislative fix for DACA in talks over an upcoming must-pass spending bill this month — instead of taking up the issue, along with border security measures, separately.

Cornyn has called for a long-term solution to the DACA issue, but said that by threatening a shutdown, Democrats “are jeopardizing the future fate of those DACA recipients."

The government’s spending — now funded by a stopgap measure approved in September — is set to expire on Dec. 8.

But a gridlocked Congress is still unprepared to pass traditional appropriations bills, and is now eyeing a potential two-week stop-gap measure, with talk of another short-term spending bill to fund the government through January.

The GOP members who wrote to Ryan on Tuesday include mostly moderate Republicans, though Barton is a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus. The longtime Texas leader recently announced plans to retire following this term after embarrassing images from a previous extramarital relationship were made public.
A number of Texas Republicans have said they favor allowing the Dreamers to remain in the country.

But Barton is the sole Texas House Republican to sign onto the latest DREAM Act, a bipartisan bill that would protect Dreamers from deportation. He's also a co-sponsor of a Republican-led bill introduced by Florida Rep. Carlos Curbelo that, similar to the DREAM Act, would grant Dreamers legal protections and a path to citizenship. Curbelo also co-signed the letter to Ryan on Tuesday.

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Sounds like good news folks! More Republicans are showing support.