Paul Ryan: Congress should seek ‘permanent legislative solution’ for DACA

Published September 5, 2017 3:42pm ET



House Speaker Paul Ryan called on Congress to find “a permanent legislative solution” for people who arrived in the United States illegally as children, now that President Trump has announced plans to rescind the Obama-era program known as DACA.

Ryan, R-Wis., said Obama’s 2012 move to allow young people living here illegally to obtain work permits and avoid deportation, “was a clear abuse of executive authority” and was “never a viable, long-term solution.”

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