Trump: I'm Not Interested In 'Amnesty,' Just Letting DACA Recipients Stay
Source: Talking Points Memo
By ESME CRIBB Published SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 11:26 AM
President Donald Trump on Thursday said he was not interested for amnesty for undocumented immigrants protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, but he wants to let them stay in the United States.
Were not looking at citizenship. Were not looking at amnesty. Were looking at allowing people to stay here, Trump told reporters in Fort Myers, Florida, citing an outcome which would be practically identical to amnesty.
Were talking about taking care of people, people that were brought here, people that have done a good job and were not brought here of their own volition, he added.
Trump said his administration is working with everybody to achieve that. Republican, were working with Democrat. I just spoke with Paul Ryan. Hes on board. Everybody is on board, Trump said. They want to do something.
Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-says-not-interested-in-amnesty-daca-democrats
truthisfreedom
(23,155 posts)underpants
(182,877 posts)fleur-de-lisa
(14,628 posts)underpants
(182,877 posts)madwivoter
(539 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)His xenophobic base hates the whole idea of amnesty so he won't use the word, but what else is it?
bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)It's like saying that I'm not interested in walking up a staircase, I'd rather walk up a set of several individual stairs all attached together to get to the second floor of the house.
7962
(11,841 posts)J_William_Ryan
(1,756 posts)DACA participants came as children, no "crime" was committed; their parents may have committed a crime, but not the children.
That one is undocumented doesn't mean he's "illegal."
All Congress needs to do is designate DACA participants as a class of LPRAs which would allow them to stay and work legally.
But Trump and most others on the right are too bigoted and ignorant to understand that.
Calista241
(5,586 posts)It gives them legal status to exist here, but there's no path to citizenship.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)So, please get the fuck out of my White House.
bucolic_frolic
(43,281 posts)Bengus81
(6,932 posts)PoiBoy
(1,542 posts)If they could vote, trump just created 800,000+ anti Republicon votes overnight...
pangaia
(24,324 posts)What about,.. um....you pick...
Javaman
(62,534 posts)he wants to hold something over these poor folks so on a whim he can decide their fate anyway he wants.
fuck this lying son of a bitch.
brooklynite
(94,727 posts)Benny19851
(13 posts)He's gonna fall over and hirt himself. Kind of dizzying how he changes positions, hunh.
BlueStater
(7,596 posts)He can do a complete 180 on any position based on whatever he thinks will make him look the best.
Maeve
(42,288 posts)Keep begging, Paul--he might throw you a bone!
adigal
(7,581 posts)Either he is in a real box or his Alzheimers is very bad right now and he doesnt remember what he said last.