Ryan: DACA fix will be separate from spending bill

Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said Tuesday that lawmakers are not planning on wrapping legislative relief for young undocumented immigrants into an end-of-year spending bill.

Asked by Fox News' Bret Baier in a town hall-style interview whether the spending bill would include measures to codify protections for beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, Ryan said lawmakers plan to consider the matters separately.

"No, we’re planning on doing that separately," Ryan told Baier. Asked to clarify, Ryan replied: "We’re planning on keeping that separate from spending."


DACA, an Obama-era program, has temporarily shielded certain young immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children. President Trump moved in September to end the program, but gave Congress a six-month window to take action and enshrine DACA's protections into law.

The last day for beneficiaries to apply for DACA was Oct. 5, while those whose permits end on March 6, 2018, or later will see their DACA benefits end at that time unless they previously applied for renewal.

Democratic and Republican lawmakers in both the House and the Senate have called for a legislative fix for DACA by the end of the year, a move that remains uncertain despite signs of bipartisan cooperation earlier this year.

[b]Ryan has pushed back against attempts to tie DACA to other legislative priorities this year, saying earlier this month that it should be "considered separately" from end-of-year deadlines

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/36...-from-spending

This is getting old, the only thing we can do is wait and see what happens.

So this means the government is definitely shutting down next month. Got it.

He said this 5 days ago..

https://dreamact.info/forum/showthread.php?t=79206

Nothing really new.

Hopeful for a last minute switch-a-roo

Great news. Ryan has not been very trustworthy with his words under Trump administration. Plus just like two weeks ago I saw that he said he was planning on putting DACA under the spending bill. Bottom line...do not believe this very easily. We're getting mixed message from both sides!

Ryan is seriously trying to be the Grinch that stole our Christmas (green cards).

trust me, these different statements from both sides are a good thing.

Lmfao

I'm hoping he's just saying this to appease Trump and when the time comes and DA is added to the spending bill, he will say, well, we tried to keep it seperate but we needed Dem votes to avoid a government shutdown and this is the only way we could do it.

Keep waving around your non-existent leverage Paul, you'll end up with a government shutdown.