President Biden on Thursday reiterated calls for an amnesty as the administration marked the 11th anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program
on Thursday re-upped calls for an amnesty for some illegal immigrants as he marked the 11th anniversary of an Obama-era program that granted deportation protection for those who arrived as minors.program, which shielded illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as minors. That resulted in over 800,000"Dreamers" being granted protection and the ability to work in the U.S.
"Dreamers are Americans. Many have spent the majority of their lives in the United States," Biden said."They are our doctors, our teachers and our small business owners. Dreamers strengthen our economy, enrich our workplaces and, during the COVID-19 pandemic, many served their communities on the frontlines,"
President Biden speaks during a meeting with the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology in the State Dining Room of the White House April 4, 2023, in Washington. DACA has been on ice since 2021, when an appeals court upheld a ruling blocking further enrollments in the program after a federal judge found the program to be illegal. The Trump administration had previously sought to end DACA but had been blocked by the Supreme Court, which ruled that it was in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act.
Activists have pushed for the passage of the DREAM Act, which has been introduced multiple times. That legislation would go much further than DACA and grant a pathway to citizenship for what advocates estimate to be
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