{"id":2273,"date":"2018-02-12T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2018\/02\/12\/trump-stands-in-the-way-of-protecting-american-dreamers\/"},"modified":"2018-02-12T20:30:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T20:30:00","slug":"trump-stands-in-the-way-of-protecting-american-dreamers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-stands-in-the-way-of-protecting-american-dreamers\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Stands In The Way Of Protecting American Dreamers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&rsquo;s long past time for Trump and Republicans to stop playing games with Dreamers&rsquo; lives and start working with Democrats to protect these Americans.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>As the Senate begins debate on an immigration deal today, Trump continues to stand in the way.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/senate-to-debate-immigration-but-trump-is-the-question-mark\">NPR<\/a>: &ldquo;The Senate will open up a rare, open-ended debate on immigration and the fate of the &ldquo;Dreamer&rdquo; immigrants on Monday. But the most influential voice in the conversation may be on the other side of Pennsylvania Avenue. If the aim is to pass a legislative solution soon, President Donald Trump remains a crucial and, at times, complicating player.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/news\/us_politics\/2018\/02\/donald_trump_complicates_dreamer_debate\">Boston Herald<\/a>: &ldquo;But a major variable hangs over the efforts of lawmakers as they begin what could be a weekslong and politically bruising process: What kind of legislation will President Trump ultimately support? Trump&rsquo;s immigration demands have fluctuated wildly. He first said he would sign whatever agreement lawmakers present to him, only later to reject a bipartisan plan that helped lead to a government shutdown last month.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Instead of standing up to protect American Dreamers, Trump continues to push his anti-immigrant agenda.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/trump-takes-shackles-off-ice-which-is-slapping-them-on-immigrants-who-thought-they-were-safe\/2018\/02\/11\/4bd5c164-083a-11e8-b48c-b07fea957bd5_story.html?utm_term=.138b13651c2f\">Washington Post<\/a>: &ldquo;But as ICE officers get wider latitude to determine whom they detain, the biggest jump in arrests has been of immigrants with no criminal convictions. The agency made 37,734 &lsquo;noncriminal&rsquo; arrests in the government&rsquo;s 2017 fiscal year, more than twice the number in the previous year. The category includes suspects facing possible charges as well as those without criminal records.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-02-12\/trump-to-urge-wall-opioid-spending-as-congress-sets-own-course\">Bloomberg<\/a>: &ldquo;The plan includes a heavy emphasis on immigration enforcement. Trump is requesting $782 million to hire 2,750 new border and immigration officers, and $2.7 billion to detain people in the country illegally. Trump is also asking for $18 billion over the next two fiscal years toward the goal of constructing a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>If Trump and Republicans don&rsquo;t come to the table to reach a deal, 915 Dreamers will lose protections each day.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2018\/02\/07\/news\/economy\/daca-deal-dreamers\/index.html\">CNN Money<\/a>: &ldquo;Should they fail to put another option in place, 915 Dreamers will lose protection from deportation each day, according to the Migration Policy Institute.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The time to protect Dreamers is now.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&rsquo;s long past time for Trump and Republicans to stop playing games with Dreamers&rsquo; lives and start working with Democrats to protect these Americans. &nbsp; As the Senate begins debate on an immigration deal today, Trump continues to stand in the way. &nbsp; NPR: &ldquo;The Senate will open up a rare, open-ended debate on immigration <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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