Donald Trump Faces Pressure on How to Handle Young Immigrants

jaylove16 · 07:13 PM

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WASHINGTON—President-elect Donald*Trump’s first big test on immigration will be how to handle the “Dreamers”—young people brought to the U.S. illegally as children who President Barack Obama protected from deportation. Mr. Trump is already under pressure from both sides.
Administratively, rolling back those protections is among the easiest things Mr. Trump can do on immigration, but politically, it is among the hardest. How he handles the program—known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA—will be an early test of how faithfully Mr. Trump plans to adhere to his campaign promises, which include ending the protections.

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On Capitol Hill, the president-elect already faces opposition from several Republicans*over stripping young people of their protected status, as well as strong support, portending an early showdown within his party

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We would regard it as a knife in the back to the people who voted for Trump if they did anything other than cancel DACA” on the first day or first week of the new administration, said Roy Beck, executive director of Numbers USA, which favors restrictions on legal and illegal immigration.

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Dismantling DACA also would spark a backlash in Congress, where Democrats and some Republicans have long argued for giving some protections to the younger immigrants brought to the U.S. as children by their parents. Mr. Obama, too, has lobbied the president-elect to keep the program in place.

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“I’m not comfortable with deporting families and breaking up families,” said Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R., W.Va.). She said she wants to study the issue further.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) said that while the constitutionality of Mr. Obama’s executive action was questionable, it would be a mistake for Mr. Trump to overturn it with no protections in place for those who came forward under it.

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“If he repeals it, then we ought to immediately pass legislation to extend their legal status,” said Mr. Graham, who said he was working with Republicans, including Sen. Jeff Flake (R., Ariz.), and Democrats on the issue.*“The worst outcome is to repeal the legal status that these kids have. Whether you agree with them having it or not, they’ve got it.”

Mr. Flake said he wouldn’t give Mr. Trump advice on how to handle the program but hoped that legislation ultimately would give these young people a permanent legal status

Sen. Dick Durbin (D., Ill.), an author of the original legislation, told reporters he was teaming up with Mr. Graham on the issue and that they hoped to produce a bill as soon as this week, though it is unlikely to make it to the Senate floor this year.

even some anti-immigration activists say they could accept protecting Dreamers if it was doneE in legislation and in exchange for enacting tougher immigration-enforcement measures. Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, said the young people are “a great leverage point” to move a vigorous enforcement bill.

“We understand the DACA people will be viewed by the public as having the strongest equities of the population here illegally,” he said. “But those decisions have to be made by the Congress.”

http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-t...ren-1481048911

jaylove16 · 12-06-2016, 07:14 PM

In a related article, we finally get a quote from the monster Jeff Session. This is an older article than the one I posted.

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Sen. Jeff Sessions, an immigration hawk and*Trump’s pick to serve as the next attorney general, wouldn’t get into the details about how a rollback of Obama’s executive actions would occur.
“We’ll talk about those things when the time comes,” the Alabama Republican said Thursday

https://morningconsult.com/2016/12/0...m-john-mccain/

2MoreYears · 12-06-2016, 07:15 PM

Not sure of Sessions comments are a good thing. Perhaps they are.

jaylove16 · 12-06-2016, 07:20 PM

I also researched who Senator Shelley Moore is. I have to say she has a pretty strong anti-immigration voting record.

https://www.numbersusa.com/content/m...ecord#tabset-2

I'm pretty shocked that she is even open to voicing some support for Graham's proposal.

Smooth · 12-06-2016, 07:55 PM

Why am I perceiving this to be good news . . .

Anyone perceiving it the same way?

isk84life · 12-06-2016, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by jaylove16

In a related article, we finally get a quote from the monster Jeff Session. This is an older article than the one I posted.

https://morningconsult.com/2016/12/0...m-john-mccain/

I read an article were McCain was for it. I don't know why he changed his mind.

Smooth · 12-06-2016, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by isk84life

I read an article were McCain was for it. I don't know why he changed his mind.

Because it is not comprehensive. Damn it McCain. Just get on board with piecemeal, or we risk nothing getting done.

isk84life · 12-06-2016, 08:29 PM

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Because it is not comprehensive. Damn it McCain. Just get on board with piecemeal, or we risk nothing getting done.

Man, we are done lol. No chance comprehensive reform passes. Politicians are just going to keep kicking the ball down.

isk84life · 12-06-2016, 08:31 PM

This is just from yesterday

"Meanwhile, a bipartisan group of senators, lead by Sens. Dick Durbin and Lindsey Graham, is drafting legislation to protect DACA recipients from deportation under Trump. Graham is joined by GOP Sens. John McCain and Jeff Flake in believing these young immigrants brought to the U.S. as minors represent a "special situation," in part because the federal government now has their names and addresses after they signed up for the program. But the final GOP member of “the gang,” Rubio, is just a little too interested in his own future to be a part of the solution."

JohannBernoulli1667 · 12-06-2016, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by isk84life

This is just from yesterday

"Meanwhile, a bipartisan group of senators, lead by Sens. Dick Durbin and Lindsey Graham, is drafting legislation to protect DACA recipients from deportation under Trump. Graham is joined by GOP Sens. John McCain and Jeff Flake in believing these young immigrants brought to the U.S. as minors represent a "special situation," in part because the federal government now has their names and addresses after they signed up for the program. But the final GOP member of “the gang,” Rubio, is just a little too interested in his own future to be a part of the solution."

Idk, it does not sound great so far, but it could be worst.

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