Paul Ryan told WCLO in Wisconsin that he doesn’t think Trump should end the DACA program, but that he should leave it for Congress to fix:
Paul Ryan tells WCLO Trump should not end DACA, says Congress should fix pic.twitter.com/jwzU4sRkgs
— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) September 1, 2017
Here’s more:
CNN – House Speaker Paul Ryan on Friday gave a major boost to legislative efforts to preserve protections for young undocumented immigrants — and urged President Donald Trump to not tear up the program.
Responding to a question about Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, on his hometown radio station WCLO in Janesville, Wisconsin, Ryan said Congress was working on a legislative fix to preserve the problem.
“I actually don’t think he should do that,” Ryan said of Trump’s consideration of terminating the program. “I believe that this is something that Congress has to fix.”
Ryan, who worked on comprehensive immigration reform before he became part of House leadership, endorsed that approach in the interview.
“President (Barack) Obama does not have the authority to do what he did … we’ve made that very clear,” Ryan said in the radio interview. “Having said all of that, there are people who are in limbo. These are kids who know no other country, who were brought here by their parents and don’t know another home. And so I really do believe there that there needs to be a legislative solution.”
So there you have it. Ryan is basically announcing that DACA, at least in some form, is going to become law to protect those illegals from deportation who’ve only known the US as their home. He said in the interview what even Trump wants a humane solution to this problem and that’s what Congress is trying to do.