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Trump working on 'a big immigration bill'
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IANS | 01 Aug, 2020
US President Donald Trump said that his administration is working on what he called "a big immigration bill".
Speaking
to reporters on Friday at the White House before a trip to Florida,
Trump said the bill will be "merit-based", reports Xinhua news agency.
In
addition, he said the administration is working with representatives of
the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a program that
grants undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children
permissions to live and work lawfully.
Trump made the remarks
only days after his administration announced it is reviewing DACA and
that it will reject new applications.
DACA, created via an
administrative memo in 2012 by the previous Barack Obama
administration, previously gave recipients a renewable two-year deferral
from deportation and has made them eligible for work permits, driver's
licenses, and health insurance.
Recipients of DACA, estimated to be about 700,000, are commonly called "Dreamers".
Trump,
who has made the abolishment of the program a key part of his hardline
immigration policy, first announced intentions to rescind DACA in
September 2017.
During the coronavirus pandemic, Trump has ramped up moves to restrict immigration.
Critics
have argued he's using the pandemic to promote his political agenda and
appeal to his voters as the November election nears.
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