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Trump administration announces plan to end DACA - ABC News

posted onSeptember 6, 2017
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Article snippet: The Trump administration is rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and will phase it out over the next six months, leaving the fates of Dreamers in the hands of Congress. "To have a lawful system of immigration that serves the national interest. We cannot admit everyone who would like to come here. It's just that simple," Attorney General Jeff Sessions said at the Department of Justice, announcing the administration's decision Tuesday. He did not take any questions. The After Sessions' announcement, President Raise Act, introduced by Sens. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and David Perdue, R-Ga., which would change the immigration system to prioritize high-skilled English-speaking immigrants. Asked at Tuesday's White House press briefing why Sessions was the person to make the announcement rather than the president himself, press secretary Sarah Sanders characterized the plan as a "legal decision" that would fall to the attorney general. "It would be the Department of Justice to make a legal recommendation and that's what they did," said Sanders, later adding, "This was a legal issue because there was a court decision that had to be made." Sanders further addressed the possibility of Congress being unable to reach a permanent solution on the matter by March 5, the end date set by the administration's phase-out plan, saying, "If Congress doesn't want to do the job that they were elected to do, then maybe they should get out of the way ... Link to the full article to read more

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