Trump Says He Is Open to a Path to Citizenship for 'Dreamers'

Lizet Segura
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President Trump has announced that he is open to the possibility of DACA holders to get citizenship  after living in the U.S. for 10 to 12 years. He ended Obama's program of Deferred Action, which put 700,000 young immigrants in danger of being deported. He has placed the fate of the 'Dreamers' in the hands of Congress and wants them to pass a bill to let them stay. Since his campaign for president he has been adamant about deporting illegal immigrants, specifically Mexicans and Muslims. Although he is supposedly going to allow for DACA holders to get their citizenship, he has not changed his mind about the wall between Mexico and the U.S. He has requested that Mexico pay $25 billion to have the wall built.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/24/us/politics/trump-immigration-daca-dreamers-path-to-citizenship.html

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