Congressional Republicans are working with the Trump transition team on a solution for immigrants brought illegally to this country as kids, House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday.
Hundreds of thousands of these immigrants gained temporary protections and work permits from President Barack Obama. While campaigning for president, Donald Trump promised to undo those protections, putting the immigrants at risk of deportation, although he said last month he hoped to “work something out” to help them.
Ryan didn’t detail what Congress and Trump would do about the program, called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. But when questioned on a CNN town hall by a woman who identified herself as a DACA recipient with a young daughter, Ryan told her he did not want to see her deported.
“I can see you love your daughter, you are a nice person who has a great future ahead of you, and I hope your future is here,” Ryan said.
“What we have to do is find a way to make sure that you can get right with the law, and we’ve got to do this in a good way so that the rug doesn’t get pulled out from under you and your family gets separated.”
Host Jake Tapper pointed out that Trump, during the campaign, promised a “deportation force” to round up the more than 11 million immigrants in the country illegally. Ryan dismissed that idea.
“I’m here to tell you in Congress it’s not happening.”
Instead, Ryan said Trump has asked lawmakers to focus on two priorities with respect to illegal immigration: securing the border and deporting immigrants who are violent, repeat criminals.
House GOP lawmakers and aides have also said recently they’re working on how to pay for border security to make good on Trump’s promise of building a wall on the border with Mexico, although at least initially taxpayers would foot the bill — not Mexico, as Trump promised.
DACA has extended work permits and temporary deportation relief to more than 700,000 immigrants brought illegally to this country as youths since its creation in 2012. Trump has said it and other Obama executive actions are unconstitutional, since they involved going around Congress, a position Ryan repeated Thursday.
DACA permits need to be renewed every two years, so Trump could cancel out the program over time by ordering agencies to stop processing new applications and renewals. There is high anxiety in immigrant communities about what he will do.
“We have to figure out how to have a humane solution to this very legitimate, sincere problem and respect the rule of law,” Ryan said.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
CRIMINALS FIRST!!! OUT!!!
Beggars and Thieves SECOND!! OUT!!!
Those who entered ILLEGALLY….get LEGAL which includes FINES and an OATH to follow the US Constitution and honor the US FLAG!! If you are NOT AMERICAN (despite your country of origin) GET OUT!! They MUST assimilate. PERIOD! NO EXCEPTIONS!! DRAIN the swamp!!!
Amen!!!
No need to make “accommodation” for invaders on our soil and their offspring. I don’t care if the offspring is even 30 years of age, they are illegally here leeching on welfare, education and even college and think it is their due. Sorry, but there is no such thing as anchor babies just whole illegal families down to 4th generation. SO ALL MUST GO OR BE DEPORTED. They have added nothing to America except take jobs, money that we earned to support real American citizens and not someone who did come in legally, PERIOD. So, Ryan, skip over this thing about children and boot the whole family out NOW!
This refers to immigrants. Dialog should be illegals.
Paul Ryan, the Rhino!
So agree with you about ryan. He’s nothing short of a turncoat and can’t be trusted. I hope someone from his office reads this because we’re watching him and Congress. They better do what they were voted in to do or there will be changes in 2018 and more in 2020. It’s way past time to clean up the mess that’s been made and to stop using our tax dollars to provide for illegals in this Country. People are sick and tired of it and we want it stopped…actually, we DEMAND it be stopped!
Actually, they’re “INVADERS” and should be treated as such.
DEPORTATION is always a good answer —– They’re parents broke the law and someone has to pay for it….
What part of ILLEGAL or NO do you not understand??? Illegals take away from the legals and until the veterans and legals are taken care of we DON’T owe illegals anything!!!!
This touchy feeling we have been practicing is just plain WRONG! They are coming here to take advantage of our stupidity!
I would rather see my tax dollars go to building the wall than to provide illegal immigrants w/ free food,housing and medical care.Our current administration allows these people to break our federal laws and instead of punishing them they allow the whole family to come into our country and be supported by tax dollars.They are flooding our schools w/ kids who don’t speak English making American kids suffer w/ less teacher time and an inadequate education.They are spreading diseases in our country,especially diseases like measles,mumps and tuberculosis,diseases once eradicated from American soil but are now common.Bedbugs,so very common and widespread through our country,were not a problem 20 years ago(I always thought they were an old wive’s tale until 15 years ago).All problems illegal immigrants have brought w/ them to a new country and now Americans are suffering,too.I cannot think of 1 good thing illegal immigration has done for me or my neighbors or even my community.It’s time to stop obama’s madness and his plans to destroy this country.BUILD THE WALL!!! Even if I have to help pay for it….
I have a solution. Send the entire family back, then they can reenter the proper way. The citizens of this country can no longer be held in bondage the way we were by Barack Obama. We are not responsible for the government not doing their job.
We are not responsible for the problems in the coujntries they come from, such as drug cartels, corruption, no jobs, ect….. We cannot take care of the whole world. We cannot get help nor do we want it from other countries. We need to take care of our own first, then worry about everyone else if we can. Send them all back.
I agree 100% If we do not send all related to any illegal back then at least turn them all into worm food, Also hang every one that has in any way helped or offered aide and comfort to any illegal for intentional acts of treason.
Alan, that approach would be a solution and a great deterrent. America and Americans FIRST !!
ala nancy pelosi ‘we have to send em back to see which ones we should let in!’
Should have been “hostage”
Seems he lied to us.
Write, call after the 20th, apply the heat.
We do not need 700,000 extras.
Plus the mooizes.
We the people need to remind him of hia words.
I have a concern on a related “immigration” matter. If all of these MILLIONS of illegal immigrants gain U.S. citizenship, are they going to be able to HOLD DUAL CITIZENSHIP??? If so, what ramifications will that have on our country? Will they have an advantage over U.S. citizens who do not hold dual citizenship? I don’t hear anything of this real possibility being discussed in the public forum. I think it’s an issue that should be seriously considered and thought through.
“Holders in due course” of other stolen goods are not allowed to retain the stolen goods. Why should this group be an exception? The parents stole, the kids keep the booty hardly promotes respect for the law or the country and those of us who are legal, productive taxpaying citizens are paying for their criminal familial intrusion.
Congress can figure out how to fix this problem. It would make sense to stop granting time extensions. Those who are hear will have the balance of their two years to either file the paperwork to become legal or they will have to go home.
We can’t ignore enforcing the law continually and expect people to respect it.
Its time for this country to stop playing games with these people, You come here Illegally then your going back to your own country and so what if they were brought here as small children, Time for them and all the illegal families to go home..
shame on Ryan for even going there by saying they are doing all they can to work with these people so they get right with the law… They have had many years to get right with the law and chose not too.. There are billions of dollars that flow across the border to their families and They dont care about becoming apart of America They just make sure that they have money enough to live on and work under the table and then send the rest of it home.. so no sorry No amnesty and No anything.. Time for them all to go back to where they came from.. There are thousands flooding across the border every day and so please would someone tell me how they are going to tell the difference of the ones who came here as children and ones that are coming now with no families.. These people must not care to much about what is going to happen to their children if they are
stupid enough to put them in the hands of bad people to bring them here.. I know this sounds harsh but too bad, There are deseases that are being brought here and we could have a real bad time if they cant find a way to stop some of them again..
They are still Illegal Immigrants who do not belong here. I’m sorry their parents created this problem for them, but that doesn’t change FACT. They need to leave. Americans first, PERIOD.
LET OBAMA TAKE CARE OF THEM!!! HE IS THE ONE WHO BOUGHT THEM HERE AND HE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO WANTS THEM HERE. HE AND HIS “FAMILY” HAVE STOLEN ENOUGH MONEY FROM US TO PAY, FOR ALL OF THEM. LET THEM LIVE WITH HIM. HE WANTED THEM HERE SO BAD..
“DACA has extended work permits and temporary deportation relief to more than 700,000 immigrants brought illegally to this country as youths since its creation in 2012”.
That is 4-5 years (minimum) for the parents or the children (or both)
to have applied for a visa, etc.
One “DACA” COLLEGE student said she has been here since
3. years of age. WHY hasn’t she applied for citizenship in her 18 years here??
My daughter-in-law is her from Hondoras and just applied for citizenship in her 4th year!!
Send them all back . They just cost us money , welfare , food stamps , free health .we give them everything and there not even legal . put up the wall and send them and all the middle east back to . How many rapes and murders come out of them. They have no use for women except for one thing and rape means nothing. Here in idaho 2 months ago 3 middle east kids under 12 raped a 5 yr old girl and then peed on her. What happened to boys no one knows gov won’t tell anyone anything probably nothing and where ever they go the will do it agin, where they come from it happens every day. The 5yr old girl what happens to her her assailants got nothing done to them but gov hushed it all up, the sheriff will not even say if they got in trouble no one will tell you anything. Thats wrong we pay for the immigrants everything for them and they molest our kids. if people knew how much there benefit checks was every month they would have a heart attack . They get big checks from gov every month and I mean thousands . I was in bank and I could not believe how much money they get. The lady said she got that much every month they didn’t have to worry about MONEY.WE GOT PEOPLE LIVING IN CARS AND ON STREET AND WE GIVE THEM THOUSANDS , DOLLARS EACH MONTH, FREE HOUSING,HEALTH , EDUCATION AND PEOPLE TO HELP THEM HERE .They don’t belong here its just more money we have to pay in for them.
The REAL American Citizens have spoken in their vote period. What is it that D.C.. Don’t understand? Ryan don’t you have a clue? Ryan are you that stupid? D.C. let me give you a question. I, as a citizen, wants a better quality of life also. If I rob the Bailey Bank of a trillion dollars will you say ‘ We will make that crime legal for you.” Fair is Fair Ryan. I thought we were cleaning the swamp of the turds floating in D.C. THE LAW IS THE LAW!
I understand, at least in principle, why the illegal immigrants want to be here.
That said, they are illegal and have no right to be here. I am sick and tired of.the forced support of the invasion of illegals into our country. I’m sick and tired of being lied to. Our current administration including the house and senate are all complicit in the onslaught/invasion. I struggle to meet my obligations while the illegals are given a free ride!!! Now I read where the RINO, Paul Ryan, is saying they are working on a way for them to stay. WTH…Gather EVERYONE here ILLEGALLY and deport them. Sad situation, there is so much within our borders that need to be made right. The veterans, the elderly, the hungry, the inner cities, the infra-structure, the incredible debt that 8 yrs of oppression has created. Along with that, the stupidity of our current administration bringing in the second invasion…the Muslims…with their so-said organizations, all the known terrorist training camps and this govt will do nothing about it. Nothing to protect the legal citizens. The PC BS forced down our throats, core education, corrupt Washington, so much more. We all need to pull our heads out of the sand, put our politicians to task for We The People.
I’ll climb off my soapbox now
I guess freedom of speech is suppressed here also. “Your comment is awaiting moderation”
If you’re not here legally…..bye. Apply, pay the fee, learn the language, take the test and become an American,
not a whatever-American.
What the crap ever happened to the ‘Melting Pot’?
No illegals should be able to receive social security benefits they have not paid in to. If folks come here legally there should be a required time, like 10 years, they have to work & pay in to the system before they could receive anything! NOT fair to Americans
who’ve worked & paid in their whole life only to have some illegal freeloader come here and start collecting off us. Any one here on a student visa or work permit should be tracked down and deported as soon as their time is up.