GOP senator introducing DACA fix next week

Source: The Hill




BY JORDAIN CARNEY - 09/22/17 11:43 AM EDT

Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) will introduce legislation on Monday to address undocumented immigrants brought into the country as children, after the Trump administration announced they would end a key Obama-era program.

Lankford told an Oklahoma TV station that his forthcoming bill would offer undocumented immigrants currently covered by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program a path to getting a green card.

"President Trump believes that there should be a permanent solution, that's a legislative solution, that provides some semblance of certainty and he's willing to be able to engage," Lankford said.

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Current DACA recipients are temporarily protected from deportation and allowed to live and work in the United States legally, but the program does not grant them a green card—which gives permanent legal residence.



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