ACLU Comment on Budget Passage

February 9, 2018 10:00 am


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WASHINGTON — President Trump signed the congressional budget deal passed by the Senate and the House early today.

Lorella Praeli, American Civil Liberties Union director of immigration policy and campaigns, said:

“For the fourth time in two months, Congress passed a government spending bill without including protections for Dreamers. Despite the looming expiration of DACA, both Republicans and Democrats have left young immigrants lingering and vulnerable to Trump’s deportation force.”

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