Senate Dems: Don't use 'Dreamer' information to deport them
01/25/17 05:23 PM EST
Senate Democrats want to block President Trump from using personal information collected under an Obama-era program to round up and deport some immigrants.
Eight Democrats — led by Sen. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico — are introducing legislation to prohibit the Trump administration from using information collected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to target undocumented immigrants.
"The Trump Administration now threatens to use this information against them to break families apart, deport these students or their families, and enact anti-immigrant policies that are contrary to American values,” Heinrich said.
He argued Trump should be focused on coming up with comprehensive immigration reform, rather than pursuing his campaign pledge to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/316177-senate-dems-to-trump-dont-use-dreamers-information-to-deport-them
