House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) on Tuesday said President Donald Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program “fulfills a promise.”
“Ending this program fulfills a promise that President Trump made to restore the proper role of the executive and legislative branches,” Ryan said in a statement.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday announced the DACA program was “being rescinded” and will not accept applications starting Wednesday.
“It is important that those affected have clarity on how this interim period will be carried out,” Ryan said.
Early Tuesday morning, Trump indicated that he would pass the buck to Congress to come up with a legislative solution to help undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children, who the program granted legal protection.
“Congress, get ready to do your job – DACA!” Trump tweeted.
Ryan said the fate of DACA recipients was “one of many immigration issues” that Congress “failed to adequately address over the years.”
“The President has called on Congress to act,” he said. “It is my hope that the House and Senate, with the President’s leadership, will be able to find consensus on a permanent legislative solution that includes ensuring that those who have done nothing wrong can still contribute as a valued part of this great country.”
What about that promise for better healthcare that covers everybody at a cheaper price? Still waiting…
And Javanka was going to solve the opiod crisis in the Middle East, too, between ski vacations and influence-peddling. Still waiting…
So many promises. Even so, America does Grate Again with the GOP seemingly in charge.
Well, put Speaker Ryan! You are a truly compassionate conservative!
I’m sure some valedictorian who’ll soon be dumped among strangers in a foreign land (rather than learning Godless crap at Stanford or Yale) will agree that it’s wonderful that she and thousands of others will get to sacrifice their lives “to restore [an inconsistent interpretation of] the proper role of the executive and legislative branches.”
Your compassion for your transparently partisan, selective reading of the Constitution shows that you, sir, are a true humanitarian!
Once again the speaker demonstrates the courage of his convictions.
Fuck you, Eddie Munster. Spot too…
It’s your “hope”? You’re the fucking Speaker of the House, you piece of shit. Do your job or quit.