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| Donald Trump claims Dreamer immigrants have been 'abandoned' by Democrats, despite having axed DACA scheme himself | Donald Trump claims Dreamer immigrants have been 'abandoned' by Democrats, despite having axed DACA scheme himself |
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| President Donald Trump has claimed young undocumented immigrants - so-called dreamers - have been abandoned by Democrats, even though he himself rescinded the programme granting them protection from deportation. | President Donald Trump has claimed young undocumented immigrants - so-called dreamers - have been abandoned by Democrats, even though he himself rescinded the programme granting them protection from deportation. |
| "Cannot believe how BADLY DACA recipients have been treated by the Democrats...totally abandoned! Republicans are still working hard," the President tweeted. | "Cannot believe how BADLY DACA recipients have been treated by the Democrats...totally abandoned! Republicans are still working hard," the President tweeted. |
| Both Republicans and Democrats on Thursday rebuked Mr Trump's plan to dramatically reshape the US immigration system and fund his border wall, ultimately leaving Congress with no clear path to protect dreamers. | |
| The Senate voted 39-60 against advancing a proposal backed by Mr Trump. Senators also turned away two other bipartisan proposals. | |
| The rejection of Mr Trump’s plan – reflected in a measure introduced by Republican Senator Chuck Grassley – would have bolstered border security, restricted family-based immigration and ended a visa lottery. It would also have provided $25bn for the border wall and offered a chance of citizenship for up to 1.8m dreamers. | |
| Mr Trump essentially forced Congress to address US immigration policy, a big talking point during his presidential campaign, when he rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals programme in September. The Obama-era policy lets young immigrants who were brought to the US illegally as minors, the dreamers, live and work in the US without fear of deportation. | |