GOP senator: DACA hearings to begin next week

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) says the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on a key Obama-era immigration program next week after the Trump administration announced it would be wound down.

"Chairman Grassley of the Judiciary Committee intends to hold a hearing to address DACA and other matters," Cornyn, the second-ranking Republican in the Senate, told reporters on Wednesday.

Spokesmen for Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. The committee's website doesn't yet include the schedule for next week.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Tuesday that the Trump administration would end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, and he and President Trump both called on Congress to find a legislative solution.

The hearing comes as senators from both parties have said they want to deal with the program, but a path forward or a timeline remains unclear.

Democrats are warning if they didn't get a "clean" vote on the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act by the end of September, they will try to attach the proposal to other must-pass bills in the fall.

The DREAM Act would allow children brought to the United States illegally to continue to live and work freely in the country without fear of deportation.

But Republicans are signaling they think the legislation should be tied to border security and have floated a trade for Trump’s proposed southern border wall.

Cornyn shot down the chance on Tuesday that a DACA-related bill would move as a stand alone or be resolved in September.

"There's no way. ... We will take that up, I'm confident, but there's no way it will stand alone," he told reporters.

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3...egin-next-week

Thought it was for DA. Republicans trying to save face.

That's wasted energy...they need to push the Dream Act. Forget DACA...it's done.

THIS.

Let DACA did and time for an upgrade.

Grassley is going to find out how many people adjusted using AP. His dumbass lol

werent you crying and bitching that DACA should not die?

Not nearly enough, lol.

Looking forward to the next six months, especially this one.

I'm sure something will get done.

I agree, "Deferred Action" codified in law permanently does not necessarily provide the necessary protections under the law. It is the very reason why they want to codify it.

Again, permanent residence is key.

The Sept 13 DACA hearing @JohnCornyn referenced today also includes "exploring reforms to our nation's guest worker programs," per committee