I stand firmly with the President in the belief that we must focus on actual threats and we must prioritize. One of the temporary programs that the other side seeks to eliminate is known as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. I hate acronyms. but the acronym is DACA. This program allows lawabiding individuals brought to the United States as children to remain here without fear of being deported from the only home they have ever known. They can stay for 3year increments as long as they dont break the law. Republicans want to scrap this program and place these individuals into the same category as dangerous criminals. In California. my State. that would mean 450.000 young people who were brought to the United States as children. who have lived nowhere else. would immediately be eligible for deportation. The House riders also seek to remove protections for parents of United States citizens and permanent residents. including 1.1 million parents in California. That would have the effect of breaking up many families that have lived here for years. I personally know of it happening in San Diego. when. in the middle of the night. immigration officers came into a home. picked up the parents and deported them. leaving the three children in the home. The parents had been here. they were working. they had paid their taxes. and now the children were left. Fortunately. as I understand that incident. relatives were able to come because the children were born here. and they helped to take care of them.
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