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Crawford Statement on DACA

Statement

Date: Sept. 5, 2017
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Immigration

Congressman Rick Crawford (AR-1) issued the following statement following the Trump administration's announcement to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program:

"The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was created by an unconstitutional executive action, and President Trump correctly decided to rescind the program in favor of a more comprehensive approach to immigration reform. While it isn't fair that many young people were brought here through no fault of their own, granting illegal immigrants amnesty every few years also isn't fair to the families who do immigrate legally. Any immigration reform policy Congress takes up must first strengthen border security and then address the illegal immigrants already here, to do otherwise would be treating a symptom instead of the root problem."


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