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DHS chief says he’s not deporting Dreamers, suggests Congress grant full legalization
washingtontimes ^ | Stephen Dinan

Posted on 06/09/2017 5:40:48 AM PDT by davikkm

Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly said Wednesday that his agents are not actively trying to deport illegal immigrant Dreamers, but pleaded with Congress to pass a bill granting them a more permanent legal status, saying only lawmakers can solve the problem. Mr. Kelly declined to take a position on whether the 2012 amnesty President Obama created for Dreamers is legal, but said the program, known in government circles as DACA or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, is still in effect. He said “illegals” who have been properly approved for DACA will be safe from deportation, but said those who haven’t applied, and some who were approved despite having criminal records that should make them ineligible, will be deported. One of those Dreamers, Jessica Colotl, will be in federal court Thursday asking a judge to reinstate her DACA status after it was revoked earlier this year. Her case could determine whether DACA is a discretionary grant that can be revoked, as the Obama and Trump administrations have argued, or whether it’s a right enforceable by the courts. “When my DACA status was taken away from me, it basically took my life away,” Ms. Colotl said on a conference call with reporters Wednesday. “It was an arbitrary decision. I had been granted DACA before and nothing about my circumstances had changed.”

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 115th; congress; daca; dhs; dhskelley; dreamers; illegals; legalization
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1 posted on 06/09/2017 5:40:48 AM PDT by davikkm
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BS we don’t reward the children of bank robbers with the stolen cash. Why should we reward the children brought here by their parents. Once they turn 21 they can apply to have their parents and other relatives become citizens as well. That is a back door amnesty and it will continue with others pulling the same stunts. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Amnesty!


2 posted on 06/09/2017 5:41:28 AM PDT by davikkm
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To: davikkm

Is there any hope that things will change?


3 posted on 06/09/2017 5:42:11 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie
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To: davikkm

Big mistake. And, no, you can’t foist it off on Congress.


4 posted on 06/09/2017 5:43:14 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: davikkm

Fire this guy today!


5 posted on 06/09/2017 5:44:39 AM PDT by oldplayer
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To: davikkm

Confused, is this person a ‘holdover’? The President has been very clear about this issue.


6 posted on 06/09/2017 5:45:02 AM PDT by Blue Turtle
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My guess is that we will hear about a new DHS appointee and the media will sweep this statement under the rug. Instead they will tell us that Trump is replacing him to increase surveillance domestically.

Because that’s how the media do. Screenshot this article, because it’ll disappear down the hole in 2 weeks.


7 posted on 06/09/2017 5:47:38 AM PDT by Celerity
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RE:”Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly said Wednesday that his agents are not actively trying to deport illegal immigrant Dreamers, but pleaded with Congress to pass a bill granting them a more permanent legal status, saying only lawmakers can solve the problem”

????

What problem does that solve?

Its much easier to deport them now if they act up than if they get Green cards.

8 posted on 06/09/2017 5:48:00 AM PDT by sickoflibs (Message to Trump : I am not tired of winning yet. Please more winning and less whining!)
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To: davikkm

Deport the “Dumpers.”


9 posted on 06/09/2017 5:54:57 AM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: davikkm

How fast can he be fired?


10 posted on 06/09/2017 5:56:56 AM PDT by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security!)
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To: Blue Turtle

Not a holdover.


11 posted on 06/09/2017 5:57:41 AM PDT by RummyChick (can we switch Don,Jr for Prince Kush and his flak jacket. From Yacht Party to Warzone ready to wear.)
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Fire him. He’s actively NOT forcing the law and though he won’t say it - admits it when he says the law needs to be changed to make them legal.

Fire him immediately!


12 posted on 06/09/2017 5:57:55 AM PDT by Skywise
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Yet another loser to fire. Sheesh! They aren’t “dreamers”...they are nightmares.


13 posted on 06/09/2017 5:58:31 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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Wonder if Kelly is being influenced by the current Marxist Pope? They need to get all of these illegals OUT of here!. Allow the “dreamers” and their PARENTS wind up staying!

A LOT of these people want to the Southwest to secede from the US and go back to Mexico. A lot of them have no respect for our laws, languages or customs.

SEND THEM BACK. If you want to come here, GET IN LINE!


14 posted on 06/09/2017 5:59:42 AM PDT by ZULU (DUMP THAT POS PAUL RYAN!! HE KILLED OBAMACARE REPEAL AND WILL KILL TAX REFORM!!)
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To: Skywise

Trump can end DACA without Congress


15 posted on 06/09/2017 6:00:24 AM PDT by RummyChick (can we switch Don,Jr for Prince Kush and his flak jacket. From Yacht Party to Warzone ready to wear.)
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To: davikkm

These people think they are more important than the people of the United States.


16 posted on 06/09/2017 6:00:45 AM PDT by The Toll
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To: davikkm

sounds like Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly needs to go bye bye.


17 posted on 06/09/2017 6:01:10 AM PDT by RC one (The 2nd Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Doing that will make sure the demise of the Republican party.


18 posted on 06/09/2017 6:02:05 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: davikkm
Any policy towards illegals must - MUST - address the incentives that are set up by that policy. Are you incentivizing more to try their hand at illegal entry or are you incentivizing them to stay home and apply through the legal process?

With 600 million people south of our porous non-existent southern border and untold millions outside the Americas who might also avail themselves of this easy access, there can be only one immigration policy - Stop giving prizes for illegal entry.

Any measure that permits those who entered illegally to benefit from that illegal act is amnesty. And any amnesty will bring millions more invaders.

This must be stopped.

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19 posted on 06/09/2017 6:02:14 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck ( Socialism consumes EVERYTHING!)
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Dammit! Kelly!

GROW SOME.


20 posted on 06/09/2017 6:03:08 AM PDT by x1stcav (White. Male. Unreconstructed. Never owned a slave.)
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