Pelosi Statement on Appellate Court Ruling on DACA

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Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld a district court's ruling against the 2012 DACA Memorandum, but remanded the case to the district court to consider the updated and final DACA rule issued by the Department of Homeland Security in August 2022:

"Today's appellate court ruling offers a measure of temporary relief for our Dreamers, who are a pride and constant reinvigoration of our nation. President Biden is to be commended for his proactive action in August to strengthen the DACA initiative against extreme MAGA Republican attacks.

"More must be done to offer the permanent stability and security that millions of Dreamers and their families deserves. That's why House Democrats have twice passed the Dream and Promise Act: to finally offer Dreamers a permanent pathway to citizenship, while fixing our broken immigration system through comprehensive reform. And that's why I stood and spoke on the Floor for eight hours in support of our Dreamers in 2018.

"Shamefully, extreme MAGA Republicans in the Senate have blocked this bill, playing political games with families' futures while embracing an extreme agenda of anti-immigrant cruelty. Senate Republicans must join us to immediately pass this urgent, necessary, House-passed legislation and send it straight to President Biden's desk."

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