UPDATED: Deportation force is 'not happening', Paul Ryan tells undocumented family [View all]

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Source: The Washington Post

By Mike DeBonis January 12 at 11:39 PM

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan walked a delicate line on the issue of immigration one considerably more delicate than President-elect Donald Trumps during a [link:http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/12/politics/paul-ryan-town-hall/index.htmlnationally televised town hall meeting] hosted by CNN on Thursday.

Confronted by an undocumented Oklahoma woman, who is protected from deportation under an Obama administration program, Ryan (R-Wis.) said he was working with Trumps transition team to find a good, humane solution for the families protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and said there would be no deportation force coming for her family.

Do you think that I should be deported? the woman, Angelica Villalobos, asked Ryan with her daughter at her side.

No, Ryan said, before Villalobos even finished her questions. I can see that you love your daughter, that youre a nice person that has a great future ahead of you, and I hope your futures here.

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UPDATE

Ryan Still Pushing Medicare Overhaul While Acknowledging Break With Trump

ByTIERNEY SNEEDPublishedJANUARY 13, 2017, 10:03 AM EDT

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) reiterated his desires to overhaul Medicare on a CNN town hall Thursday night, while acknowledging that he and President-elect Donald Trump -- who promised during the campaign not to cut the benefits program -- were not exactly on the same page on the issue.

"We've had a couple of conversations about it. Look, we don't all agree on everything. It's - I think people kind of know that," Ryan said, when asked how he was going to change Trump's mind on the issue.

It's not just Trump. Senate Republicans have also been cool to the idea of embarking on a privatization of Medicare, with some saying that they would only be willing to do so with full buy-in by the President and Democrats. Dems, meanwhile, intend to make Medicare a flashpoint in the confirmation hearings for Rep. Tom (R-GA), Trump's pick for Health and Human Services secretary. Not long before he was named for the position, Price indicated he wanted to move on privatizing Medicare in the months to come.

On CNN, Ryan outlined in broad strokes his so-called "premium support" plan, which would give seniors a fixed amount to spend on private insurance plans, with the option to stay on Medicare. A major question is whether that system would prompt Medicare to wither, nonetheless.

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