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By Summer Concepcion and ALAN FRAM | February 6, 2018 1:10 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) Dreamers protected by an Obama-era program that President Donald Trump has said will end on March 5 are not top targets for deportation as long as they lack criminal records, the White House chief of staff said Tuesday.
John Kelly also dismissed the idea of a short-term extension of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program beyond March 5 to give the administration and Congress more time to work out compromise legislation.
What makes them act is pressure, he said of Congress.
According to the Washington Post, Kelly said the Trump-endorsed plan to legalize the status of 1.8 million Dreamers was stunning and no one expected it.
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(67,818 posts)Fuck you, Kelly.
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(4,268 posts)with the help of the white supremacists in congress dictating immigration policy.