President-elect Donald Trump said in 2019 that he wanted to work with Democrats on a “plan” to help undocumented immigrants who entered the United States as minors and were protected from deportation under an Obama administration-era order. is repeating a similar promotion attempted by
In an interview with NBC News on Sunday, President Trump was asked about “Dreamers,” a term activists like to refer to as undocumented immigrants who arrived as children, and whether he would include them in his plans for mass deportation.
“The Dreamers are going to come later, and we have to do something about the Dreamers. They are people who were brought here at a young age, and many of them are now middle-aged. , because they can't even speak their national language, and yes, we're going to do something about them,'' President Trump said.
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President-elect Donald Trump will be interviewed by Kristen Welker on “Meet the Press” on Sunday. (Screenshot/NBC)
“I'm going to work with the Democrats to come up with a plan. If we can come up with a plan, the Democrats are making it very difficult to do anything. Republicans are very open to Dreamers. Dreamers, we're talking, 'They were brought to this country years ago, some of them are no longer young people, but in many cases they're successful,' Trump said. continued. “They have great jobs. In some cases, they have small businesses. In some cases, they may have large businesses. We do something with them. You will have to.”
When asked if he wanted him to stay, he said, “I think so.I want to work something out.''
“I think we can work together with the Democratic Party to work something out,” he said.
In 2012, then-President Barack Obama signed the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) executive order, protecting more than 800,000 undocumented immigrants from deportation and giving them the ability to work in the United States.
The Trump administration unsuccessfully pushed to repeal DACA, which was blocked by the Supreme Court. The policy is under review by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and a lawsuit challenging the policy's legality is pending before the court.
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But as the Trump administration pushes to repeal DACA, the president has proposed protecting DACA recipients and others for an additional three years in exchange for money to build a wall along the southern border. Democrats rejected the agreement as “hostage-taking.”
Immigration activists have pushed for the passage of the DREAM Act, which has been introduced multiple times. The bill would go further than DACA and provide a path to citizenship that its supporters say is presumptive. 2 million illegal immigrants.
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President Trump has promised to launch a mass deportation campaign when he takes office in January, when the Republican House and Senate are installed. Ahead of that, some Democratic lawmakers are calling on President Biden to expand existing protections for some undocumented immigrants, including DACA recipients.
Immigration activists were unimpressed by President Trump's comments. Bruna Sorod, senior political director for United We Dream, responded to President Trump's comments, saying, “Actions speak louder than words, attacking DACA, inciting corrupt disinformation and violence, and scapegoating immigrants.” Donald Trump's record of success dates back to his first day in office.” I am still employed to this day. ”
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Solodo said President Trump should “immediately call on our allies in Texas to drop their DACA lawsuits and end their plans for mass detention and deportation now.”
