White House: Trump ‘supports DACA program’ despite previously calling it amnesty

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White House press secretary Sarah Sanders clarified Friday that President Trump definitely supports the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, a day after the president issued a series of confusing statements about his hopes for so-called Dreamers.

“The president supports the DACA program,” Sanders told reporters, later adding that Trump remains intent on working with bipartisan lawmakers toward “responsible immigration reform.”

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