CLARKE of New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to voice my strong
opposition to the administration's cruel and inhumane decision to
terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA. President Obama first implemented DACA in 2012, to ensure that the
hundreds of thousands of immigrant children, many of whom are young
adults and have lived in the United States for years and known no other
home other than the United States, have a place here in America. This
program was rooted in the best of our political tradition and intended
as a temporary fix until Congress chose to take action. In 2013, the Senate rose to the challenge and passed a bipartisan
reform proposal.
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