Congressman Keating’s statement on President Trump’s decision to end DACA program

Below is a statement from Congressman Bill Keating, a senior Member of the Homeland Security Committee, on President Trump’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

“Democracy, justice, and our shared values demand that Congress must take swift action and bring a vote to the floor to preserve DACA. The nearly 790,000 ‘Dreamers’ came to this country as children by no choice of their own. They are our neighbors, our co-workers, our classmates, and members of our Armed Forces who have put their lives on the line to defend our nation. President Trump’s shameful decision and Attorney General Session’s statement fail to take into account that Dreamers are by definition taxpaying, law-abiding, contributing Americans, the majority of which know no other home. Democrats and Republicans alike have opposed this repeal. Congress can, and must, take action to make DACA law.”