Speech #1140103257

Give them a chance. And he did. He came through with a program called DACA. This deferred action program was really designed to give these young people a temporary stay from deportation. It is only temporary. for several years. But in order to get that stay. they had to come forward. they had to register with the government. pay a filing fee. make sure all their vital information had been disclosed. and go through a thorough criminal background check. Then. if they got a job. they would pay their taxes. as required of every person living in this country. and they would have a temporary stay of deportation to stay here. go to school. or work. Several years later. they would have to do it all over again and go through the same background check and pay the same fees. The President signed that Executive action and said it was within his authority as Chief Executive to decide what are the highest priorities as to who should be deported from the United States. The President rightly said: Lets go after felons and dangerous criminals. They shouldnt be part of our country. Why would we go after these young people who only want to complete their education and be a positive part of our future? So the President signed the Executive action for DACA. Sometime later came an opportunity to consider families in similar circumstances. Most people have a mistaken notion that if you are undocumented. everybody in your home is undocumented. I havent found that to be the case. More often than not. only one parent would be undocumented. The father may be an American citizen. All the kids may be American citizens. but mom may be undocumented. The President put in another proposal and said: In those circumstances where you have someone undocumented in the country with a child who is an American citizen. you can apply for what is known as DAPA. which gave them the same temporary stay of deportation. You had to pay your filing fee. go through a criminal background check. pay taxes on any money you earned. and for a temporary period of time. you would not be deported. When the President signed that second Executive action. a number of Governors. Republicans from across the States. filed an action to stop the implementation of the Presidents Executive action. That is a big deal. It literally affects millions of people in this country who are undocumented. These Governors argued that if they were forced. for example. in the State of Texas to give drivers licenses to undocumented people. they would have administrative expenses so the Presidents order would create a hardship on their State. Of course. what they failed to acknowledge was these new people under the Executive order would be paying taxes. legally paying their taxes to the Federal and State government. and they would pay any fee necessary to get a drivers license imposed by the State of Texas. The case went before the Supreme Court.