10/30/2020

DREAMERS/FAMILY SEPARATION/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP ADMIN: “President Trump and his administration choose cruelty and exclusion at every turn, whether you are fleeing the brutal, socialist Maduro regime in Venezuela hoping to receive Temporary Protected Status that Trump and Senate Republicans continue to deny, or a Dreamer who has never known any country other than the United States that […]

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10/22/2020

DACA/DEBATES/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION: “I’ve made it very clear, within 100 days, I’m going to send to the United States Congress a pathway to citizenship for over 11 million undocumented people. And all those so called Dreamers, those DACA kids, they’re going to be legally certified again, to be able to stay in this country, and put on […]

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11/12/2019

DREAMERS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared ready on Tuesday [11-12-19] to side with the Trump administration in its efforts to shut down a program protecting about 700,000 young undocumented immigrants known as Dreamers. The court’s liberal justices probed the administration’s justifications for ending the program, expressing skepticism about its rationales for […]

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11/12/2019

CRIME/DREAMERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Many of the people in DACA, no longer very young, are far from ‘angels.’ Some are very tough, hardened criminals. President Obama said he had no legal right to sign order, but would anyway. If Supreme Court remedies with overturn, a deal will be made with Dems for them to stay!” –Donald […]

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11/8/2019

DREAMERS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When Maricruz Abarca learned three years ago that she had been given the legal right under a U.S. government program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals to work in the United States and avoid deportation, she started to cry. After years of living illegally in the shadows after moving to the […]

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10/9/2019

DREAMERS/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Obama said that he did not have the right to sign DACA, that it will never hold up in court. He signed it anyway! If the Supreme Court upholds DACA, it gives the President extraordinary powers, far greater than ever thought. If they do what is right and do not let……” […]

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10/9/2019

DREAMERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….DACA stand, with all of its negative legal implications, the Republicans and Democrats will have a DEAL to let them stay in our Country, in very short order. It would actually benefit DACA, and be done the right way!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 9, 2019 9:32 am […]

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9/6/2019

DREAMERS/OBAMA/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “DACA will be going before the Supreme Court. It is a document that even President Obama didn’t feel he had the legal right to sign – he signed it anyway! Rest assured that if the SC does what all say it must, based on the law, a bipartisan deal will be […]

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9/6/2019

DREAMERS/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….President Obama never had the legal right to sign DACA, and he indicated so at the time of signing. But In any event, how can he have the right to sign and I don’t have the right to ‘unsigned.’ Totally illegal document which would actually give the President new powers.” –Donald Trump, […]

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9/6/2019

DREAMERS/OBAMA/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….have the discretion to end the program that President Obama began in his discretion. That program was unlawful to begin with. I think it’s very unlikely that the SCOTUS is going to issue an order reinstating what it believes is an unlawful program. DACA Is unlawful.’ …..”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September […]

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9/6/2019

DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Immigration Law Institute’s Christopher Hajec says, ‘The Supreme Court has to look st whether DACA is lawful. What they are looking at now is whether Trump’s recision of DACA is lawful. Must consider lawfulness of DACA itself. Looks very odd that President Trump doesn’t…..”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 6, 2019 […]

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6/28/2019

DEMS/DREAMERS/OBAMA/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Supreme Court will hear arguments over the termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, the court said Friday [6-28-19]. The announcement sets up a legal showdown later this year over President Donald Trump’s decision to remove protections that allow 669,000 Dreamers — who were illegally brought to the […]

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6/4/2019

CITIZENSHIP/DEMS/DREAMERS/LEGISLATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House passed legislation Tuesday [6-4-19] to provide a path to citizenship for Dreamers brought to the United States as children. The bill — dubbed the Dream and Promise Act — was approved, 237-187, along largely partisan lines. Nearly all Democrats voted for the legislation, with five not voting. The Democratic majority […]

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6/4/2019

CITIZENSHIP/DEMS/DREAMERS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democrat-led House passed legislation on Tuesday [6-4-29] to grant a path to citizenship to about 2.5 million immigrants whose legal protections President Trump has moved to end, advancing a measure that highlights the bitter partisan differences over immigration. The bill, which passed 237 to 187, with seven Republicans voting […]

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2/8/2019

BORDER/CALIFORNIA/COURTS/DREAMERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In renewing his order to bar people who cross the border illegally from seeking asylum, President Donald Trump issued a proclamation that criticized a federal judge that’s kept his policy in check thus far — an unusual step for such a formal order. Trump’s original November proclamation establishing the ban was blocked […]

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1/22/2019

DREAMERS/MITCH MCCONNELL/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The U.S. Senate shifted slightly closer on Tuesday [1-22-19] to resolving a month-long partial government shutdown, but there was no sign of relief anytime soon for 800,000 federal workers who are furloughed or working without pay. Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell laid the groundwork for a vote on Thursday on […]

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1/22/2019

DREAMERS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Supreme Court took no action on Tuesday [1-22-19] on the Trump administration’s plans to shut down a program that shields some 700,000 young undocumented immigrants from deportation. The court’s inaction almost certainly means it will not hear the administration’s challenge in its current term, which ends in June. The justices’ […]

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1/22/2019

DREAMERS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The federal program granting quasi-legal status and work permits to so-called Dreamers is likely to remain in effect through most of this year, after the Supreme Court appeared to rebuff President Donald Trump’s bid for quick action to resolve lawsuits over his attempt to wind down the program. Trump, who repealed […]

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1/22/2019

BORDER/DREAMERS/GOVERNMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The U.S. Senate shifted slightly closer on Tuesday [1-22-19] to resolving a month-long partial government shutdown, but there was no sign of relief anytime soon for 800,000 federal workers who are furloughed or working without pay. Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell laid the groundwork for a vote on Thursday [1-24-19] on […]

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1/20/2019

DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald J. Trump got Brenda Hernandez’s hopes up in 2016 when he indicated that he had a heart for young undocumented immigrants like her, who were brought into the country by their parents. But her hopes were dashed when Mr. Trump became president and ordered an end to the federal program known […]

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1/20/2019

DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “No, Amnesty is not a part of my offer. It is a 3 year extension of DACA. Amnesty will be used only on a much bigger deal, whether on immigration or something else. Likewise there will be no big push to remove the 11,000,000 plus people who are here illegally-but be careful […]

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1/18/2019

BORDER/DEMS/DREAMERS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump, facing a growing public backlash over the partial government shutdown, shifted course on Saturday [1-19-19] and offered Democrats a deal: temporary protections for roughly 700,000 young undocumented immigrants in exchange for $5.7 billion in funding for a wall along the southern border. But the proposal, which Mr. Trump unveiled in […]

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12/27/2018

DEMS/DREAMERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The reason the DACA for Wall deal didn’t get done was that a ridiculous court decision from the 9th Circuit allowed DACA to remain, thereby setting up a Supreme Court case. After ruling, Dems dropped deal – and that’s where we are today, Democrat obstruction of the needed Wall.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]

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12/27/2018

DEMS/DREAMERS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The reason the DACA for Wall deal didn’t get done was that a ridiculous court decision from the 9th Circuit allowed DACA to remain, thereby setting up a Supteme Court case. After ruling, Dems dropped deal – and that’s where we are today, Democrat obstruction of the needed Wall.” -Donald Trump, […]

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11/7/2018

BORDER/CONGRESS/DREAMERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday [11-7-18] said he hopes he can work with Congress on immigration to fund his border wall, as well as possibly addressing the thousands of young immigrants living in the United States without legal status. Speaking to reporters at the White House after Tuesday’s [11-6-18] congressional elections, […]

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11/5/2018

DREAMERS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Justice Department on Monday [11-5-18] petitioned the Supreme Court to intervene in several cases over the termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The move comes on the eve of Tuesday’s [11-6-18] midterm elections — and after weeks of fiery anti-immigration rhetoric from President Donald Trump. Republican […]

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10/18/2018

DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration said it will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene if a federal appeals court does not rule soon on the administration’s decision to end legal protections for hundreds of thousands of young immigrants. The U.S. Department of Justice wants the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals […]

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8/31/2018

DREAMERS/LEGAL/TEXAS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A federal judge on Friday [8-31-18] hinted he will likely invalidate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in the future — but for now the program can continue to operate. The ruling was an unexpected, albeit temporary, reprieve for the program, which President Donald Trump opted to end almost exactly a year […]

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8/7/2018

BORDER/DEMS/DREAMERS/ELECTION/LATINOS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats have hit an unexpected speed bump in their drive to regain control of Congress: unsettling signs that the party may not generate as much turnout or support among Latino voters this fall as it expected. Despite a procession of provocations from President Donald Trump — from ending deportation protections for so-called […]

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8/3/2018

COURTS/DREAMERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge on Friday [8-3-18] again said the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program should be fully restored. Judge John Bates said the Trump administration still has failed to justify its proposal to end DACA, the Obama-era program that has protected nearly 800,000 young undocumented immigrants brought to the US as […]

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7/2/2018

DREAMERS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “House Republicans left Washington last week relieved that their ugly, months-long fight over immigration was behind them. The reality? It’s far from over. President Donald Trump has been pestering Congress to send him big money for his border wall with Mexico, a demand that could lead to a government shutdown just weeks […]

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6/27/2018

DREAMERS/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The House resoundingly rejected a far-reaching immigration overhaul on Wednesday [6-27-18], despite a last-minute plea from President Trump, as internal divisions in the Republican ranks continued to hobble legislative efforts to protect the young unauthorized immigrants known as Dreamers. The 121-301 votes was an embarrassment to both Mr. Trump […]

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6/27/2018

BORDER/CHILDREN/DREAMERS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. House of Representatives rejected a ‘compromise’ immigration bill on Wednesday [6-27-18], as expected, that would have addressed the crisis of families being separated at the U.S.-Mexico border. The House could vote next month on a narrower measure that is being developed and would focus specifically on the family […]

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6/19/2018

BORDER/DREAMERS/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump heads to Capitol Hill Tuesday [6-19-18] evening to rally House Republicans behind an immigration bill he panned just five days ago. Now Republicans have to decide: Which Trump do they believe? Speaker Paul Ryan and his top lieutenants are well aware that only the president can give […]

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6/15/2018

DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House on Friday [6-15-18] evening walked back Donald Trump’s criticism of a House GOP bill shielding Dreamers from deportation, saying in a statement that the president would sign the legislation. After a daylong, dizzying back-and-forth over Trump’s position, White House spokesman Raj Shah said Trump misunderstood a question on ‘Fox […]

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6/14/2018

CONGRESS/DREAMERS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Congress’s highest-ranking Republican on Thursday said he could not guarantee passage of legislation in coming days that some lawmakers hoped would address the uncertain status of hundreds of thousands of young ‘Dreamer’ immigrants…The Dreamers are hundreds of thousands of young people, mostly Hispanic, who illegally entered the country years […]

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6/13/2018

DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Speaker Paul D. Ryan told a closed-door meeting of House Republicans on Wednesday [6-13-18] that his plan to bring two immigration bills up for a vote next week had the approval of President Trump, who is enthusiastic about the effort, according to a person who attended the meeting. Whether either bill can […]

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6/13/2018

DREAMERS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Unless the U.S. House of Representatives can beat the legislative odds, America’s young ‘Dreamer’ immigrants will have to keep dreaming about living without fear of deportation. That was the gloomy outlook on Wednesday [6-13-18] in the House for an effort to solve the long-standing issue of the Dreamers that is […]

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6/12/2018

DREAMERS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Negotiations in the U.S. House of Representatives on immigration legislation were on the verge of collapse on Tuesday [6-12-18] as Republicans fought over how much protection to give undocumented ‘Dreamer’ immigrants and as President Donald Trump ramped up his war against illegal and legal immigrants. High-level talks were set for later on […]

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6/7/2018

DREAMERS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republicans in the U.S. Congress on Thursday [6-7-18] struggled to agree on immigration legislation that could be voted on before November’s congressional elections, as party members disagreed on key issues such as the future of illegal ‘Dreamer’ immigrants. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan convened the closed-door meeting for […]

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6/7/2018

DREAMERS/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A leader of House Republican moderates said Thursday [6-7-18] that a tentative deal with conservatives is being discussed to help young ‘Dreamer’ immigrants stay in the U.S. legally. It was unclear if the offer was a potential breakthrough in the GOP’s long-running schism over immigration or would devolve into another failed […]

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6/7/2018

DREAMERS/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republicans in the U.S. Congress on Thursday [6-7-18] struggled to agree on immigration legislation that could be voted on before November’s congressional elections, as party members disagreed on key issues such as the future of illegal ‘Dreamer’ immigrants. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan convened the closed-door meeting for 235 […]

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6/6/2018

DREAMERS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “House Republicans are bracing for a two-hour conference meeting Thursday [6-7-18] morning on immigration, which could determine the fate of moderate members’ efforts to force a vote on several immigration bills. ‘I think a lot of it hangs on that meeting tomorrow,’ said Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah, who has signed a House […]

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6/5/2018

DEMS/DREAMERS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republicans edged closer Tuesday [6-5-18] to forcing a series of immigration votes, as some Democratic lawmakers who held out over policy and political concerns signed on to the effort. On Tuesday, two Democratic holdouts, Texas Reps. Filemon Vela and Vicente Gonzalez, announced they would sign, leaving three signatures needed to force a vote […]

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6/4/2018

DREAMERS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “House Republicans are on the brink of an embarrassing showdown over immigration that Speaker Paul Ryan and his leadership team have been desperately trying to avoid. As lawmakers left Washington for the Memorial Day recess in late May, GOP centrists gave immigration hard-liners a choice: Allow a vote on a bill that […]

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6/1/2018

DREAMERS/ELECTION/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In all of his campaigns for the House, Representative Jeff Denham has never seen anything quite like the rolling circus that trails him through his sprawling district in California’s Central Valley — the “Dump Denham” signs, the papier-mâché effigies, the shouting. He says it does not faze him, but there is nothing like […]

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5/22/2018

DREAMERS/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Paul Ryan is struggling to stop an immigration showdown in the House, as his Republican Conference degenerates into an all-out war that could put his speakership on the line. The Wisconsin Republican pleaded with his conference Tuesday [5-22-18] to come together after a tumultuous few days of infighting. The only […]

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5/17/2018

DREAMERS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Paul Ryan and his longtime No. 2, Kevin McCarthy, have maintained a unified public front on immigration — but behind the scenes, the interests of the outgoing speaker and his potential successor are colliding over controversial Dreamers legislation. Both have vehemently opposed an effort by centrist Republicans to force votes […]

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5/17/2018

DREAMERS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On Wednesday [5-16-18], two more Republicans signed on to a petition that would force an open-ended and unpredictable immigration debate onto the House floor — a nightmare scenario that the White House and GOP leaders seem, at least at the moment, unable to stop. The decisions by Republican Reps. John Katko of […]

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5/16/2018

DREAMERS/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Support grew in the House for an effort to force a vote on several immigration proposals, sparking some conservatives to consider using a coming vote on the farm bill as leverage to try to block them. GOP Reps. John Katko of New York and David Trott of Michigan on Wednesday [5-16-18] […]

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5/15/2018

COURT/DREAMERS/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal appeals court on Tuesday [5-15-18] questioned the Trump administration’s rationale for canceling an Obama-era initiative that offered deportation protections and work permits to undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children. During a roughly 75-minute oral argument in Pasadena, Calif., a three-judge panel on the Ninth U.S. Circuit […]

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5/10/2018

DREAMERS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “House Speaker Paul Ryan (R., Wis.), facing rising discontent within GOP ranks over congressional inaction on immigration policy, is working to tamp down an attempt by a group of centrist Republicans to force votes on the issue. Speaking to reporters Thursday [5-10-18], Mr. Ryan argued that the move to use a ‘discharge […]

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5/10/2018

DREAMERS/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATIOM/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday [5-10-18] said he wants a bipartisan immigration bill enacted before November congressional elections by addressing young illegal ‘Dreamer’ immigrants as well as border security issues. ‘I want to fix this problem, so I would like to have an immigration vote before […]

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5/9/2018

DREAMERS/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A breakaway group of Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives plans on Wednesday [5-9-18] to defy their leaders and join with Democrats in an attempt to force action on legislation that would protect young, illegal immigrants from deportation. The rare move could trigger a House debate next month on […]

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5/1/2018

DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/LAWSUIT/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Opening another front in the battle over immigration policy, Texas and six other states sued the federal government on Tuesday [5-1-18] in an attempt to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The lawsuit — joined by Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Carolina and West Virginia — asserts that the Obama […]

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4/25/2018

DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two back-to-back court developments this week indicate a possible road map for President Trump through the minefield of legal resistance he has faced as judges across the country have blocked much of his hard-line immigration agenda. On Tuesday [4-24-18], a federal judge ruled in favor of an Obama-era immigration program but […]

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4/24/2018

DREAMERS/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A third federal judge has ruled against the Trump administration’s decision to cancel an Obama-era program protecting young undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children. The decision, issued Tuesday [4-24-18] evening by U.S. District Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee in Washington, D.C., is in one respect the […]

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4/18/2018

DREAMERS/HOUSE OF REPS/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday [4-18-18] urged Speaker Paul Ryan to schedule debate on bills to protect young undocumented immigrants from deportation, in a move aimed at reviving a push that sputtered in the Senate in February. Backers said they had 240 House […]

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4/17/2018

CONGRESS/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Pressure grew in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday [4-17-18] to debate legislation protecting young undocumented immigrants from deportation, in a challenge to President Donald Trump, who has declared as ‘dead’ an existing program allowing them to legally study and work in the United States. A coalition of Republican and […]

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4/5/2018

DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “According to President Donald Trump, the mightiest, richest country in the world is under a threat so huge and scary that it will require the deployment of military forces — as many as 2,000 to 4.000, Trump said Thursday [4-5-18]– along its 2,000-mile southern border. The danger consists of a ragtag caravan […]

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4/2/2018

CONGRESS/DEMS/DREAMERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump declared on Monday [4-2-18] that a plan to protect young immigrants from deportation is ‘dead’ and repeated his calls for Mexico to enforce border security laws and prevent immigrants from coming to the United States illegally…. The president on Monday blamed Democrats for weak immigration policy and called on Congress […]

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4/2/2018

BORDER/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump declared as ‘dead’ on Monday [4-2-18] a program that protects immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children and pressed Congress to ‘immediately’ pass legislation to secure the U.S. border with Mexico.Trump, who has taken a hard line toward immigration, said in September he would terminate the Deferred […]

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4/2/2018

BORDER/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On Sunday [4-1-18] morning, President Donald Trump referenced an impending series of immigrant ‘caravans’ moving through Mexico to spark his call for Congress to pass strict border laws. ‘Border Patrol Agents are not allowed to properly do their job at the Border because of ridiculous liberal (Democrat) laws like Catch & Release. […]

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3/25/2018

DEMS/DREAMERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Much can be done with the $1.6 Billion given to building and fixing the border wall. It is just a down payment. Work will start immediately. The rest of the money will come – and remember DACA, the Democrats abandoned you (but we will not)!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 25, 2018 5:42am […]

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3/23/2018

DEMS/DREAMERS/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “I am considering a VETO of the Omnibus Spending Bill based on the fact that the 800,000 plus DACA recipients have been totally abandoned by the Democrats (not even mentioned in Bill) and the BORDER WALL, which is desperately needed for our National Defense, is not fully funded.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. […]

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3/21/2018

DEMS/DREAMERS/MILITARY/WALL: “Democrats refused to take care of DACA. Would have been so easy, but they just didn’t care. I had to fight for Military and start of Wall.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 21, 2018 10:04pm […]

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3/19/2018

DEMS/DREAMERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL:“The Koch network has a rare message for President Donald Trump: Take the Democrats’ immigration deal. A trio of organizations supported by Charles and David Koch is urging Trump to accept congressional Democrats’ weekend offer, which would deliver $25 billion for a border wall and security in exchange for a pathway to […]

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3/19/2018

DEMS/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The White House and congressional Democrats traded immigration offers futilely over the weekend, according to three sources familiar with the talks, leaving little chance of an immediate deal to protect Dreamers. The White House on Sunday [3-18-18]  made an 11th-hour push to include billions of dollars in border wall funding in a […]

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3/6/2018

DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT: “Federal Judge in Maryland has just ruled that ‘President Trump has the right to end DACA.’ President Obama had 8 years to fix this problem, and didn’t. I am waiting for the Dems, they are running for the hills!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 6, 2018 08:46am […]

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3/5/2018

DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL: “A federal judge in Maryland on Monday [3-5-18] struck down a a challenge to President Donald Trump’s decision to end protections for undocumented immigrants, stating that while he does not agree with Trump’s move, it is not his job to set immigration policy. ‘This Court does not like the outcome of this case, […]

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3/5/2018

DEMS/DREAMERS: “It’s March 5th and the Democrats are nowhere to be found on DACA. Gave them 6 months, they just don’t care. Where are they? We are ready to make a deal!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 5, 2018 03:37pm […]

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2/26/2018

DREAMERS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Supreme Court on Monday [2-26-18] denied a Trump administration appeal that sought the swift cancellation of a program protecting undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children. The court’s move means the program, called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, will remain in place for the near […]

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2/24/2018

DEMS/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION: “Dems are no longer talking DACA! ‘Out of sight, out of mind,’ they say. DACA beneficiaries should not be happy. Nancy Pelosi truly doesn’t care about them. Republicans stand ready to make a deal!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 24, 2018 04:18pm […]

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2/23/2018

DEMS/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION: “For those of you who are still interested, the Democrats have totally forgotten about DACA. Not a lot of interest on this subject from them!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 23, 2018 08:09am […]

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2/17/2018

DEMS/DREAMERS/GUNS/IMMIGRATION/OBAMA ADMIN: “Just like they don’t want to solve the DACA problem, why didn’t the Democrats pass gun control legislation when they had both the House & Senate during the Obama Administration. Because they didn’t want to, and now they just talk!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 17, 2018 06:45pm […]

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2/15/2018

DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate’s much-hyped immigration debate ended in a megaflop on Thursday [2-15-18]. Every proposal that got considered fell short of the Senate’s 60-vote threshold, leaving the undocumented immigrants known as Dreamers in limbo and lawmakers with nothing to show for weeks of negotiations. A bipartisan agreement was rejected 54-45, after a furious […]

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2/15/2018

DHS/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Schumer-Rounds-Collins immigration bill would be a total catastrophe. @DHSgov says it would be ‘the end of immigration enforcement in America.’ It creates a giant amnesty (including for dangerous criminals), doesn’t build the wall, expands chain migration, keeps the visa… lottery, continues deadly catch-and-release, and bars enforcement even for FUTURE illegal immigrants. […]

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2/15/2018

DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/POLITICS: “The Senate’s much-hyped immigration debate is heading toward a megaflop on Thursday [2-15-18]. All three plans slated for votes are shy of the Senate’s 60-vote threshold, likely leaving lawmakers with nothing to show for weeks of talks and Dreamers in limbo. A bipartisan agreement unveiled Wednesday faces intense skepticism from the left flank of […]

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2/15/2018

DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “While the Republicans and Democrats in Congress are working hard to come up with a solution to DACA, they should be strongly considering a system of Merit Based Immigration so that we will have the people ready, willing and able to help all of those companies moving into the USA!” -Donald Trump, […]

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2/14/2018

DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Wednesday [2-14-18] called on lawmakers to oppose a series of bipartisan efforts to address immigration and resolve the fate of the so-called ‘Dreamers,’ demanding fealty to his hard-line approach and increasing the odds of political gridlock as the Senate debates the issue. Senators in both parties are racing against […]

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2/14/2018

DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/LEGAL: “Trinity Washington University, a few miles from the White House, is lining up donors to boost scholarships for about 10% of its students—immigrants who likely can’t afford tuition if they lose their permission to work in the U.S… A March 5 deadline is looming for Washington to come up with a resolution for nearly […]

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2/13/2018

DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/SUPREME COURT: “A second federal judge Tuesday [2-13-18] has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis of the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York ruled that DACA participants and states are likely to succeed in their challenge that the way […]

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2/13/2018

DEMS/DREAMERS/GOP: “Negotiations on DACA have begun. Republicans want to make a deal and Democrats say they want to make a deal. Wouldn’t it be great if we could finally, after so many years, solve the DACA puzzle. This will be our last chance, there will never be another opportunity! March 5th.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. […]

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2/12/2018

DEMS/DREAMERS/GOP/IMMIGRATION: “The Senate launched a rare and freewheeling immigration debate on Monday [2-12-18], with no bipartisan agreement in sight and no clarity as to whether any proposal will win enough support to pass. Senators in both parties said members might need to see their favored ideas defeated before they can seriously consider a bipartisan solution. […]

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2/12/2018

DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/POLITICS: “The immigration debate that begins Monday [2-12-18] in the Senate promises to be the rarest of things in Washington: a freewheeling, open-ended battle over one of the thorniest subjects, with the expected outcome completely unclear. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) will begin debate on a shell bill that has no immigration provisions, to […]

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2/10/2018

DEMS/DREAMERS/GOP/IMMIGRATION: “Republicans want to fix DACA far more than the Democrats do. The Dems had all three branches of government back in 2008-2011, and they decided not to do anything about DACA. They only want to use it as a campaign issue. Vote Republican!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 10, 2018 01:50pm […]

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2/8/2018

DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/POLITICAL FIGURES: “Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) is preparing a fallback measure that would extend Obama-era legal protections for young undocumented immigrants paired with some border security funding if Congress fails to come up with a broader agreement on so-called ‘Dreamers.’ That result is one few on Capitol Hill want, yet may become reality as lawmakers […]

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2/7/2018

DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/POLITICAL FIGURES/POLITICS: “Representative Nancy Pelosi, the House Democratic leader, took the House floor at 10:04 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday [2-7-18], intent on speaking about the young undocumented immigrants known as Dreamers. Eight hours and seven minutes later, she quit talking. Her marathon monologue — highly unusual for the House, which has no equivalent to the […]

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2/7/2018

DEMS/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/POLITICAL FIGURES: “House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has spoken over seven hours to oppose the spending deal to lift spending caps and avert a government shutdown — because the plan does not address immigration issues. The House Historian’s office told CNN that Pelosi’s speech is the longest on record on the House floor, according to […]

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2/6/2018

DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/JOHN KELLY: “White House chief of staff John Kelly suggested Tuesday [2-6-18] that some undocumented immigrants were ‘too afraid’ or ‘too lazy’ to sign up for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program… Later Tuesday, after another meeting on Capitol Hill, Kelly said some people who were DACA eligible but didn’t sign up had reasons […]

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2/6/2018

BORDER/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP POSITION CHANGES: “Polling shows nearly 7 in 10 Americans support an immigration reform package that includes DACA, fully secures the border, ends chain migration & cancels the visa lottery. If D’s oppose this deal, they aren’t serious about DACA-they just want open borders. https://t.co/XDMcDOr9vM” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 6, 2018 11:00am […]

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