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Hispanic populations are battling President Trump over an Obama era immigration program that shields certain immigrants from deportation
The Republicans have sought to convince Trump to keep the program alive and have also offered legislation
That would essentially make into law the protections for young people brought to the United States illegally
Trump is expected to announce his decision on the deferred action for childhood
Arrivals DAC a program on Tuesday it grants temporary work permits and protection from deportation to nearly eight hundred
thousand immigrants
most of the Republicans challenging Trump are
Targets of Democrats seeking to win back the house next year and represent districts that will help determine a house majority
the lawmakers include Republican Carlos corbello
Or flah who has filed amendments to an upcoming spending package to keep da CA intact as well as GOP reps
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Ileana ros-lehtinen flah
Martha Moxley eres
Scott Taylor vol
Mario diaz-balart Flo Dave Reichert wash
den Newhouse wash in John Faso, NY
Six of these lawmakers wrote to Trump earlier this month imploring him to leave da CA in place until Congress can pass immigration
Reform and on Friday they wrote to Speaker Paul Ryan r-wis
Asking him to work with us to address the fate of da CA
the most striking move comes from Republican Mike Coffman
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Who announced he will try to force a vote on his bill?
Extending da CA work permits by starting a discharge petition a rare move for a member of the House majority party
Discharge petitions are normally a tool used by the minority party unsuccessfully in most cases
In order to force a House floor vote discharge petitions must get at least
218 signatures
Coffman is convinced that it is by Trump to mdac a would motivate enough
Republicans who weren't on board before to endorse his proposal while he doesn't believe President Obama's executive
action in 2012 to create da ACA was constitutional
He does want to prevent people brought to the country illegally as children from being deported
And he thinks many of his GOP colleagues would agree
There's a lot of folks that you know it's a tough vote
Coffman said in an interview with the hill
But if given the choice of having the program suspended and young people being deported who are working here and going to school here legally
Albeit temporarily, I think that's a visual that the majority of members of Congress don't want
Coffman would need to get all 194 House Democrats to sign his discharge petition in addition to at least 23 GOP colleagues
Only 12 Republicans have co-sponsored the underlying bill. He introduced with Republican luis Gutierrez DL
Earlier this year titled the bar removal of individuals who dream and grow our economy bridge act
The legislation would only extend the ACA protections for three years to give Congress time to enact a permanent solution
If the Democrats hold firm I believe I'll have enough Republican votes to pass
218 Kaufmann said
Democrats are still figuring out a strategy for how to respond if Trump rescinds the ACA a
spokesman for Gutierrez
Indicated he hasn't decided whether to sign the discharge petition for the bill he introduced with Kaufman
Given that he ultimately prefers a longer term solution
Gutierrez is considering another option of his own
Whether Democrats should withhold votes for a spending bill later this month in exchange for securing the ACA
House GOP leaders have consistently relied on Democratic votes in recent years to keep the government open
Immigrant advocacy groups are also pushing for a longer-term fix to keep D
ACA instead of the three-year delay is outlined by the bridge act pushed by Kaufman
We are glad that Kaufman wants to force a vote on dreamers
It's a gutsy move
But he's chosen the wrong vehicle the bridge act is a temporary measure and we want Congress to enact a permanent solution
said Frank Sharry
executive director of America's voice
Charlie pointed to an alternative bill introduced by corbello in march that would establish a pathway for da, CA
recipients and other young immigrants to obtain legal status
Core bellas legislation is somewhat more stringent compared to the most recent version of the DREAM Act
Qualifying young immigrants would have to establish they came to the US before the age of 16 and lived in the country
continuously since at least
2012 compared to needing to enter the US before the age of 18 and live here at least four years before the dream acts enactment
At this point Corvallis bill has only 18 co-sponsors. Who are all Republicans
House GOP leaders haven't offered support to help advance the bills offered to shield young immigrants from deportation
Ryan pledged to conservatives before taking on his current leadership post in 2015 that he would not allow a floor vote on any immigration
Reform bill unless a majority of Republicans supported it
but Ryan a supporter of immigration reform in the past urged Trump on Friday night to empty a CA I
actually
Don't think he should do that and I believe that this is something Congress has to fix
Ryan told w clo in janesville wis
Ryan and his GOP leadership team could move as soon as next week when the house returns into session to vote on keeping the program
Corbello, as well as multiple Democrats have submitted amendments to a spending package that includes funding for the Department of Homeland Security
to keep D ACA in place
another bipartisan amendment corbello has filed with Republican Pete Aguilar d-calif
Would allow d ACA recipients to work for the federal government a version of that proposal was originally adopted in the House
Appropriations Committee, but it has been stripped out ahead of floor consideration in next week the House Rules Committee
Which as an arm of GOP leaders will meet next week to decide whether any of the amendments to prevent the Trump administration?
from rescinding da CA a can get floor votes
Even if the Rules Committee granted those amendments votes precedent suggests that they would fail in
2015 all but 26 Republicans voted for an amendment to a department of homeland security spending bill, they would mdac a a
similar vote in August 2014 resulted in only 11 GOP defections
Many of the Republicans pushing to safety a SCA have
constituencies demanding action and some have seen their positions evolved with changing districts
Coffman for example co-sponsored a bill ending birthright citizenship and voted against the DREAM Act in 2010
Since then around every districting resulted in his district having a 20% Hispanic population
Kaufman acknowledged that the redistricting led him to revise his stances
Meeting with immigrants in the country illegally who were now his constituents. He said gave him a new perspective
It's given me a better understanding about how?
realistically to deal with immigration
Reform to get to where I think we need to go which is not very different from where I thought we needed to go from
Before 2013 Kaufmann said I think we ought to be very tough on illegal immigration
But also understand that we need a transition period to get there
He offered an example of meeting a young constituent who graduated at the top of her class from a local high school here
But was unable to attend the Naval Academy because she was brought to the country illegally as a child
there's a
Special place in my heart for a lot of the young people that I've met they were taken here as children that I didn't meet
before
Coffman said her parents took her illegally to this country when she was just a year old from Mexico
She'd never been to Mexico that she can remember
She grew up here. She went to school here. I think she ought to be able to stay
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