10 House Republicans say they want to keep DACA

The Latest: 10 House Republicans say they want to keep DACA

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White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders points to a reporter as she takes questions during a news briefing at the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 1, 2017. (Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press)

By Associated Press September 1 at 5:31 PM

WASHINGTON — The Latest on President Donald Trump and immigration (all times local):
5:25 p.m.

Ten House Republicans say it would be wrong to deport hundreds of thousands of young immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children.

The lawmakers have written a letter to Speaker Paul Ryan saying Congress should act on the issue.

Nearly 800,000 young people were given temporary work permits and a reprieve from deportation under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — or DACA — program established by President Barack Obama.President Donald Trump is expected to make a decision on DACA’s future next week.

The Republicans, several in swing districts, say they are willing and ready to find a solution no matter what action Trump takes.

Among those signing the letter are Reps. Jeff Denham and David Valadao of California, and Carlos Curbelo and Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida.
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3:55 p.m.
The White House now says Tuesday is the day the president will announce a decision on the fate of hundreds of thousands of young immigrants brought to the country illegally as children.

That’s the deadline set by a group of Republican state lawmakers who have threatened to challenge the program in court.White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders tells reporters the details of President Donald Trump’s decision are “being finalized as we speak.”

She says Trump “loves people” and wants to make sure the decision is made correctly.

The White House has offered several different timelines for the announcement. Trump himself had said it would happen sometime over the weekend, or later Friday.

He later told reporters the announcement would likely come Monday at the latest.
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1:30 p.m.
President Donald Trump says he’ll announce a decision on the fate of hundreds of thousands of young people who were brought into the country illegally as children Friday afternoon or over the weekend.

He’s telling reporters: “We love the dreamers, we love everybody.”

Trump’s remarks came as he signed a proclamation declaring Sunday a national day of prayer for the victims of Harvey.

At issue is the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. The DACA program has given nearly 800,000 young immigrants a reprieve from deportation and the ability to work in the country.

Trump called the program illegal “amnesty’ during his campaign but has been torn since he took office.
He’s faces a September 5 deadline from Republican state lawmakers trying to force his hand.
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1:20 p.m.
House Speaker Paul Ryan and another Republican are urging President Donald Trump not to rescind federal protections for immigrant children whose parents brought them to the country illegally.

Ryan was asked about Trump’s rumored move to roll back protections for such children on Wisconsin radio station WCLO. Ryan said, “I actually don’t think we should do that.”

Ryan says, “This is something that Congress has to fix.”
And Utah GOP Sen. Orrin Hatch sent out a statement in anticipation of a Trump announcement on Friday saying he’s urged Trump not to revoke former President Barack Obama’s efforts to protect “individuals who entered our country unlawfully as children through no fault of their own and who have built their lives here.”

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Ryan says, “This is something that Congress has to fix.”

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Why did no one in congress try to fix it when Obama did this? Now they want to fix it? seems strange to me, now that it is on its way out they want to fix it. They had their chance and showed no interest.

DACA was based on age, not contribution, with the majority of all illegals aged between 18-39, this covered a lot of territory.

While the media and the politicians hold the "shining stars" up as the norm for DACA recipients, the opposite is true and they pulling another con job on the American people. A very large number of DACA recipients are not college students, are receiving welfare and taking US jobs for wages that Americans can't afford to take because they are not being subsidized, through welfare, by the government. .

."Only individuals who were 31 years old or older on June 15, 2012 are ineligible for DACA. The age requirements apply to initial applications as well as renewals, and one of the only things we know about renewals is that no one will age out.

"Aging out" of DACA

"Aging out" of DACA
When I saw this short but useful piece about “aging out” of DACA, I slapped myself on the forehead and thought, damn, I just know I said this wrong at any number of workshops and discussions, so I ran back to my notes, and I was not wrong, but I also realize I needed to sharpen the way I explain the eligibility periods, especially for older DACA-eligible persons who might be scrambling to find adult basic education or other ESL programs that would render them eligible. I urge everyone who is providing DACA technical assistance to be sure they read the provisions carefully and convey them.
It has been widely estimated that only slightly more than half the DACA-eligible applicants have actually applied. I do not think the numbers are accurate, as it was hard to estimate how many undocumented youth there were here at the witching hour, and how many had “serious misdemeanors” and the like, and how many could pay for the application, etc.
But we need to pick up efforts to get the word out. Paying attention to the aging-out provisions may help pick up some more DACA-mented adults.
Michael A. Olivas
Patrick Taurel, Are You Really Too Old for DACA? ImmigrationImpact.com, October 24, 2013, http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/10....nzppX8w1.dpuf


It is past time to clear up an oft-repeated misconception about President Obama’s deportation deferral program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA): it is simply not true that individuals must be under 31 to be eligible for DACA. Any individual born after June 15, 1981 is within—and shall remain within—DACA’s age requirements. Only individuals who were 31 years old or older on June 15, 2012 are ineligible for DACA. The age requirements apply to initial applications as well as renewals, and one of the only things we know about renewals is that no one will age out. As a result, there currently are individuals in their early thirties who are eligible for DACA, and assuming the program continues on, over time, greater numbers of DACA recipients will be over 31. Yet, some news articles and even flyers for legal clinics mistakenly assert that people under 30 or 31 don’t qualify—this gets the age ceiling wrong and also implies that individuals can age out of eligibility. Only individuals who were 31 years old or older on June 15, 2012 are ineligible for DACA.


The Immigration Policy Center estimates that there are 1.8 million individuals who may be or may become eligible for DACA. That figure encompasses individuals who are immediately eligible for the program as well as individuals who are too young (absent certain prior contact with immigration officials, an individual must be 15 to apply) and individuals who would need to enroll in a qualifying adult education program in order to qualify. So far, about 570,000 people have requested DACA. There’s still work to be done.


Inaccurate information about the program—especially the age ceiling—is particularly troubling because the individuals who are actually applying for DACA tend to be on the lower end of the age range. In August, the Brookings Institution released a report based on FOIA-obtained data for applications filed through March of this year. The report revealed that 36 percent of applicants were between the ages of 15-18, 40 percent were between the ages of 19-23, and just 24 percent were 24 and over. The Center for American Progress (CAP) framed the data this way: the average age of all DACA applicants is 20 years old. This is true even though the pool of eligible applicants is pretty evenly divided across the age spectrum. Incidentally, the CAP report found that older applicants are substantially more likely to receive denials than younger ones.


The confusion regarding older DACA candidates is understandable. DACA and the DREAM Act often are conflated, even though they are not the same. And the DREAM Act is so closely tied up in the public imagination with classrooms, caps and gowns and youth. Consequently, people like the 28 year old New Yorker discussed in this NPR segment arrive at the mistaken conclusion that DACA is not for them because they don’t think of themselves as DREAMers. This is particularly tragic because the 28 year old with a family to support probably needs DACA and its attendant benefits even more urgently than does the high school junior.


For this humanitarian program’s arms to embrace as many people as possible, it is critical that accurate information about eligibility requirements be relayed at every step. When aspiring Americans pick up the newspaper, they should read that they may qualify for DACA if they were born after June 15, 1981. Radio programs should convey that high school drop outs can meet DACA’s education requirement if they enroll in a qualifying GED, ESL, literacy or career training program. And no one should report that the program will sunset. For all we know, DACA is here to stay and eligible individuals should have access to accurate information to learn if the program is right for them.
See more at: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/10....nzppX8w1.dpuf
https://www.law.uh.edu/ihelg/aging-out-of-DACA/homepage.asp

Stop the DACA Charade and the DREAMER Farce.