{"id":2266,"date":"2018-02-09T21:42:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T21:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2018\/02\/09\/the-time-to-protect-dreamers-is-now\/"},"modified":"2018-02-09T21:42:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T21:42:00","slug":"the-time-to-protect-dreamers-is-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/the-time-to-protect-dreamers-is-now\/","title":{"rendered":"The Time To Protect Dreamers Is Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump has stood in the way of getting a deal done since the beginning of this budget debate, and he continues to reject bipartisan proposals on immigration.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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CNN<\/a>: “Trump's the decider when it comes to immigration. Will he step up?”<\/p>\n

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USA Today<\/a>: “What is President Trump's policy on DREAMers? It keeps changing”<\/p>\n

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Instead of stepping up to protect American Dreamers, Trump continues to push his anti-immigrant agenda.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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CNN<\/a>: “Trump admin considers rule that could limit immigrants' ability to stay in US”<\/p>\n

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Vox<\/a>: “Trump’s draft plan to punish legal immigrants for sending US-born kids to Head Start”<\/p>\n

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Paul Ryan didn’t even have the courage to agree to schedule a simple vote to protect Dreamers.<\/s><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Washington Examiner<\/a>: “House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Friday that House Speaker Paul Ryan isn't brave enough to call up a bill to help the Dreamers, but said Democrats would keep pushing him.”<\/p>\n

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It’s long past time for Trump and Republicans to stop playing games with Dreamers’ lives and start working with Democrats to protect them. We must pass legislation to protect Dreamers now.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Detroit News<\/a>: “'Dreamers' rally in Detroit to fight deportations”<\/p>\n

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Jewish Exponent<\/a>: “Jewish Dreamer Risks Deportation to a Country He Barely Knows”<\/p>\n

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NJ.com<\/a>: “These Jersey 'dreamers' fear Trump will deport them”<\/p>\n

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WFAA<\/a>: “Immigrant 'Dreamer' fears son could be taken away if she's deported”<\/p>\n

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CNN<\/a>: “Salvadoran 'Dreamer' with cancer fears deportation”<\/p>\n

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Trump has stood in the way of getting a deal done since the beginning of this budget debate, and he continues to reject bipartisan proposals on immigration.   CNN: “Trump's the decider when it comes to immigration. Will he step up?”   USA Today: “What is President Trump's policy on DREAMers? 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