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DACA Dreamers

THERE HAS BEEN LOTS OF CONFUSION ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, AFTER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP DECIDED TO CANCEL DACA -- THE DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS PROGRAM. THE EXECUTIVE ORDER MADE BY PAST PRESIDENT BARAK OBAMA HAD PERMITTED CHILDREN OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS, TO STAY IN THE COUNTRY.

REPORTER SARAH MURRAY TELLS US WHAT IS GOING ON.

SARAH MURRAY: THE FATE OF NEARLY 800 THOUSAND YOUNG UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS - NOW IN THE HANDS OF CONGRESS.

JEFF SESSIONS, ATTORNEY GENERAL: THE PROGRAM KNOWN AS DACA, THAT WAS SET UNDER THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IS BEING RESCINDED.

SARAH MURRAY: PRESIDENT TRUMP - ENDING DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS. THE PROGRAM THAT PROTECTED YOUNG PEOPLE FROM DEPORTATION IF THEY WERE BROUGHT THE U-S ILLEGALLY AS CHILDREN.

BUT HE LEFT IT UP TO HIS ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS TO BREAK THE NEWS.

JEFF SESSIONS, ATTORNEY GENERAL: WE ARE PEOPLE OF COMPASSION AND WE ARE PEOPLE OF LAW. THERE IS NOTHING COMPASSIONATE ABOUT THE FAILURE TO ENFORCE IMMIGRATION LAWS.

SARAH MURRAY: TRUMP HAS ALTERNATELY VOWED TO END THE PROGRAM AND TO PROTECT THE SO-CALLED DREAMERS-

PRESIDENT TRUMP: I WILL IMMEDIATELY TERMINATE PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ILLEGAL EXECUTIVE ORDER ON IMMIGRATION, IMMEDIATELY.YOU HAVE THESE INCREDIBLE KIDS, I WOULD SAY MOST OF THEM. WE'RE GONNA DEAL WITH DACA WITH HEART.

SARAH MURRAY: TODAY - THE PRESIDENT ISSUED A WRITTEN STATEMENT - SAYING "WE WILL RESOLVE THE DACA ISSUE WITH HEART AND COMPASSION - BUT THROUGH THE LAWFUL DEMOCRATIC PROCESS..."

SARAH MURRAY: THE DECISION MEANS THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WILL STOP PROCESSING ANY NEW DACA APPLICATIONS.


Instructional Links


Website Article: DOGOnews,What President Trump's Decision To Wind Down DACA Means For "DREAMers" | Includes infographic, video, vocabulary and questions.

Website Article: U. S. Department of Homeland Security, Frequently Asked Questions: Rescission Of Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals (DACA)

Speech: Whitehouse.gov, Statement from President Donald J. Trump | Transcript of speech regarding DACA