Tech leaders respond as the Trump administration announces plans to end DACA

Tech leaders respond as the Trump administration announces plans to end DACA

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https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/05/tech-leaders-respond-as-the-trump-administration-announces-plans-to-end-daca/

The tech community hasn’t minced words since the president announced that he was strongly considering ending the Obama era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy last week. Several of technology’s most high-profile executives added their name to a letter calling on Trump “to preserve the DACA program,” and asking Congress “to pass the bipartisan DREAM Act or legislation that provides these young people raised in our country the permanent solution they deserve.”

In spite of pushback from prominent business people, Attorney General Jeff Sessions took to a podium at the Department of Justice today, confirming its plans to end the policy. “To have a lawful system of immigration that serves the national interest,” he told the press, “we cannot admit everyone who would like to come here. It’s just that simple.” Sessions did not take any followup questions.