Recent events regarding DACA
By: Blake Stewart
The debate to pass a bill that would give nearly 800,000 DACA recipients a shot at legal status is still at a stalemate between both parties of Congress.
Over the weekend, Congress forced a government shutdown, that was temporarily opened back up on Tuesday.
The shutdown was in part, due to lawmaker’s failure to agree on a solution for DACA recipients, causing them to become intertwined in budget negotiations with the federal government in exchange for Trump’s promised border wall and crackdown on illegal immigration.
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