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Immigration bills fail in the Senate, fate of Dreamers murkier than ever - ABC News

posted onFebruary 16, 2018
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Article snippet: immigration reform, one of which was backed by the White House. With the hopes Congress comes to an agreement on immigration this week now completely out of reach, the fate of the Dreamers — and the deadline for Congress to act — is now murkier than ever. The Trump-endorsed bill, sponsored by Republican Senator pathway to citizenship. “This vote is proof that Chuck Schumer of New York said in a statement. Late Thursday, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders issued a statement saying, "...the Schumer Democrats in the Senate demonstrated again that they are not serious about DACA, they are not serious about immigration reform, and they are not serious about homeland security. They filibustered a proposal with an extremely generous path to citizenship because it also contained reforms that secured our border and secured our immigration system." Sanders said the next step would be for Republicans in the House to advance a proposal by Judiciary chairman Bob Goodlatte and Homeland Security committee chairman Mike McCaul. The Trump administration announced last year it would end protections for DACA recipients on March 5th, but in recent days two separate federal court injunctions have effectively halted that process, instructing the Department of Justice to maintain the current DACA program as it was before the Sept. 5 announcement. It's also likely the Supreme Court could take up the case as soon as Friday. Either way, it means the deadline for D... Link to the full article to read more

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