The House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday approved an amendment that would block the Department of Homeland Security from detaining or deporting people covered by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and Temporary Protected Status program.
The DACA program is meant to protect from deportation people who came to the United States illegally or overstayed visas as children. The TPS program is used to protect people from deportation when it would be dangerous for them to return to those countries.
"DACA recipients and TPS holders are building their lives in this country. They have careers, families and businesses here," said Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.), who sponsored the amendment.
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