Residents frustrated with Congressman over DACA

jaylove16 · 09-30-2017, 11:07 AM

Sonny Garcia left U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis' office frustrated Friday.

Garcia, a Bloomington resident and activist, told reporters he was disappointed in the Taylorville Republican during a meeting on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, and Garcia plans to get out the vote in 2018 — presumably to unseat Davis, a target of national Democrats.

We want a pathway to citizenship for 800,000 of our most vulnerable residents of this country," he added. "He still needs to hear some more information about what is actually doable, but we still stand firm."

President Barack Obama created DACA to provide temporary work permits and protection from deportation for people brought into the U.S. illegally as youths, but President Trump announced Sept. 5 he intends to end it.

Garcia was one of about a dozen residents to meet with Davis on the topic at his office. The congressman said he'll remember their concerns when he returns to Washington, D.C., to work on DACA and a broader immigration reform bill.

It's disappointing when one side or the other wants to talk about one piece of legislation. ... I'm not willing to commit to a hypothetical support of a bill that may or may not be the solution," congressman Davis said of Garcia's complaints. "I think in the end what you'll see is a bill that fixes the DACA program, makes it standard and also addresses some border security issues."

Davis said Trump's announcement that DACA would end six months from that date "was a good decision because now Congress has got to make a legal change."

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The congressman in question does support the cause though . I know in the end something will eventually pass before the March deadline. I have like zero worries so far . Am I fool? Maybe, but there’s just too many positive indicators out there that support my belief.

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The congressman for east-central Illinois supports President Trump’s announcement to end to the DACA program, because it forces congress to take a stand.

Republican Rodney Davis wants Congress to pass an immigration bill that protects so-called DREAMers — illegal immigrants who were brought to the U.S. at an early age.

The Taylorville Republican supports stronger border protections and enforcement measures, and he also supports DACA recipients, because the United States is the only country they’ve ever known.

Davis concluded, “Nobody who has been brought to this country at a young age through no fault of their own, who knows no other country, should ever have to worry about being sent to a country they’ve never been to.”

https://will.illinois.edu/news/story...e-working-daca