Obama told Trump NOT to deport 'dreamers' – illegals who were brought here as children
President Obama traveled to the Capitol Monday to meet with congressional Democrats
The meeting was about health care, but Obama got asked about his executive actions to protect people brought here illegally as immigrant children
He told Democrats he has urged president-elect Donald Trump in direct terms about the need to preserve his executive action to defer deportation of children brought here illegally as immigrants
Obama undertook the executive actions after the collapse of immigration reform legislation
By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.s. Political Editor For Dailymail.com
Published: 17:16 EST, 4 January 2017 | Updated: 17:54 EST, 4 January 2017
President Obama has made an emotional pitch to President-elect Donald Trump not to reverse his executive actions that have shielded immigrants brought here illegally as children from deportation.
He told Democrats in a closed door meeting he felt strongly about the issue in personal terms, and apparently has made a similar appeal to his successor.
The issue is politically fraught and was central to Democratic appeals to Hispanic voters in their opposition to Trump's election.
'He said ... he felt very strongly about this and he understood former presidents are supposed to step back from the field, but he said this one means so much to him personally that he would not step away from the responsibility of saying something if necessary,' Senator Richard Durbin of Illinois told NBC.
Durbin said he asked Obama about the issue during a caucus meeting where Democrats strategized about how to protect Obamacare from Republican repeal.
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