President, we are facing a deadline of March 5, 2018. It was a deadline created by President Trump on September 5. That was
the day he announced, through the Attorney General, that he was ending
the DACA Program. The DACA Program was created by President Obama to give young people
who were brought to this country as infants and toddlers and young
children and who grew up in America and are currently undocumented a
chance to earn their way to legalization and citizenship. That was the
original Dream Act. When President Obama passed his Executive order, he
protected them from deportation until Congress responded with a law. I
asked for that designation and was thankful President Obama did it. As a result of his Executive order, 780,000 young people came
forward, paid a filing fee of over $500, went through an extensive
criminal background check, and were cleared to be given temporary
protection from deportation and temporary opportunities to work in
America, renewable every 2 years. President Trump came into office and ended it. He challenged Congress
and said: Now pass a law to take care of this issue.
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