Some credit union leaders said Monday that President Trump's proposal to resume protections for young undocumented immigrants—under certain conditions—might provide an opening to grant relief to the young "Dreamers" who came to the United States as children.

On Sunday, Trump sent Congress a proposal to resume protections for Dreamers if Congress sends him an immigration bill meeting his key demands:

  • Build a wall across the southern border;
  • Hire 10,000 immigration agents;
  • Toughen laws for those seeking asylum;
  • Deny federal grants to "sanctuary cities;"
  • Require companies to use the E-Verify program to keep illegal immigrants from getting jobs;
  • End the practice of people bringing their extended family into the United Stat
  • Harden the border to keep out the thousands of children fleeing violence in Central America.

 

In 2012, President Barack Obama signed the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), an executive order giving temporary protection from deportation and work permits to an estimated 800,000 young people. On Sept. 5, President Donald Trump signed another executive order rescinding it.

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