Description
Representative Fred Upton (R-MI) discusses efforts to pass a legislative solution to the expiring Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) before the end of 2017.
Keywords
- Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals
- Dreamers
- Executive Order
- Immigration Policy
- Legislative Process
Additional Resources
- Bell Ringer: What is DACA? (3:57)
Former Commissioner of the U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service, Doris Meissner discussed DACA and the possible impacts of changing the policy.
- Video Clip: Attorney General Sessions Rescinds DACA Program (7:21)
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announces the Trump administrations plan to rescind the Obama-era DACA program, with an unspecified time to allow Congress to work out a fix for those DREAMers who came to the U.S. illegally as children.
- Video Clip: Republican Senators Propose Legislation Addressing DACA Recipients (3:58)
Republican Senators Tom Tillis (NC) and James Lankford (OK) held a news conference to discuss the SUCCEED Act, their proposal for addressing the legal status of undocumented youth in this country.