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Dreamers Face Uncertainty as Trump Mulls Immigration Programhttps://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/dreamers-face-uncertainty-as-trump-mulls-immigration-programRoughly 900,000 young, undocumented immigrants woke Monday facing a threat many have feared since President Donald Trump took office: work permits and deportation relief granted to them under an Obama-era program could be gone soon and the federal agency tasked with carrying out his deportation agenda will have their names and addresses. … Recent reports by NBC News and other news media, however, indicate Trump could end DACA as early as this week. The Trump administration faces a deadline: Ten states led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton have threatened to sue the federal government if the program that began in 2012 does not end by Sept. 5. … Some in the GOP are urging the president to leave the program alone, including six House members who wrote Trump last week arguing Dreamers “are making immediate contributions to our society and our economy." California and Texas lead the nation in DACA recipients, according to federal data analyzed by the Pew Research Center. Rep. Jeff Denham, the California Republican who spearheaded the letter, said separately that “we must continue pressing for immigration reform that will provide them with a pathway to citizenship.” Read more here |