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| Trump will not extend DACA's March 5 deadline when 'dreamers' work permits expire, suggests White House | Trump will not extend DACA's March 5 deadline when 'dreamers' work permits expire, suggests White House |
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| President Donald Trump is not expected to extend the March 5 deadline when work permits begin expiring young immigrants known as ‘dreamers’, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly has said. | President Donald Trump is not expected to extend the March 5 deadline when work permits begin expiring young immigrants known as ‘dreamers’, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly has said. |
| “I doubt very much” that Mr Trump would extend the programme that grants deportation reprieves to illegal immigrants brought to the US as children, Mr Kelly told reporters at Capitol Hill. | “I doubt very much” that Mr Trump would extend the programme that grants deportation reprieves to illegal immigrants brought to the US as children, Mr Kelly told reporters at Capitol Hill. |
| He said he was “not so sure this president has the authority to extend it” because the original programme protecting the immigrants was not based on law. | He said he was “not so sure this president has the authority to extend it” because the original programme protecting the immigrants was not based on law. |
| Mr Trump rescinded the programme in September, giving members of Congress until March to come up with a permanent legislative solution. | |
| But legislators have been struggling to come up with a plan that will receive enough votes to pass. | But legislators have been struggling to come up with a plan that will receive enough votes to pass. |
| Immigration has been a difficult issue for Congress, with former President Barack Obama having implemented the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) programme after a lack of action on immigration reform. | |
| But Republicans asserted that Mr Obama had breached his executive authority by issuing the policy. |