WASHINGTON – Rep. Bill Flores
(R-Texas) said he is willing to vote for a pathway to citizenship for
DREAMers if it’s tied to additional border security measures and visa
reform.
“We’ve heard several
discussions about the struggles that are faced by DREAMers. I think
it’s important to remember that the DREAMers didn’t put themselves into
the situation they find themselves in today; that happened because of
the actions of others and because we have a set of laws that really
doesn’t fit their situation very well, so we as Congress need to address
that,” he said on a recent conference call with Christian DREAMers and
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program beneficiaries organized
by the National Immigration Forum and the Evangelical Immigration Table.
“On
one hand, the policy goal that President Obama put forth when he
implemented the DACA program probably made sense, but the real challenge
was it didn’t fit the Constitution. Under Article 1, Section 8 of the
Constitution, it clearly says all actions related to immigration belong
to Congress, so I think President Trump made a good decision when he
said that the DACA program would have an end date,” he added.
Trump
set a March deadline for the phase-out of DACA to give lawmakers a
chance to pass a fix that would protect 800,000 registered DACA
beneficiaries from deportation. Congressional negotiations have been
bumped to next year.
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