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NATION East Oregonian Page 6A Wednesday, September 6, 2017 Trump orders end to program shielding immigrant ‘dreamers’ By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday began dismantling Barack Obama’s program protecting hundreds of thousands of young immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children, declaring he loves the “dreamers” who could face deportation but insisting it’s up to Congress, not him, to address their plight. Trump didn’t specify what he wanted done, essentially sending a six-month time bomb to his fellow Republicans in Congress who have no consensus on how to defuse it. On Twitter Tuesday night, he wrote: “Congress now has 6 months to legalize DACA (something the Obama Administration was unable to do). If they can’t, I will revisit this issue!” The president tried to have it both ways with his compromise plan: fulfilling his campaign promise to eliminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, while at the same time showing compassion for those who would lose deportation protection and the ability to work legally in the U.S. New applications will be rejected and the program will be formally rescinded, but the administration will continue to renew existing two-year work permits for the next six months, giving Congress time to act. “I have a love for these people and hopefully now Congress will be able to help them and do it prop- erly,” Trump told reporters. Yet at the same time, the White House distributed talking points to members of Congress that included a dark warning: “The Department of Homeland Security urges DACA recipients to use the time remaining on their work authorizations to prepare for and arrange their depar- ture from the United States.” Although Trump’s announcement had been anticipated in recent days, it still left young people covered by the DACA program reeling. “You just feel like you are empty,” said a sobbing Paola Martinez, 23, who came to the U.S. from Colombia and recently graduated with a civil engineering degree from Florida International University “I honestly can’t even process it right now,” said Karen Marin, Brian Davies/The Register-Guard via AP Protesters assemble in the Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza in down- town Eugene on Tuesday. The gathering was intended to express sol- idarity against the Trump administration’s plan to end the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which shield- ed young undocumented immigrants from deportation. an immigrant from Mexico, who was in a physics class at Bronx Community College when the news broke. “I’m still trying to get myself together.” Their predicament now shifts to Congress, which has repeatedly tried — and failed — to pass immi- gration legislation. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the president would look to Congress to pass a “responsible immigration reform package” with money to control the border with Mexico and better protect American workers’ jobs — along with protecting “dreamers.” Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, the No. 2 Senate Republican, said if Trump truly wants a comprehen- sive immigration reform package, including a solution for the 11 million immigrants in the country illegally, he’s certain to be disap- pointed. Congress tried that and failed in 2013, and GOP leaders immediately ruled it out Tuesday. “Guaranteed failure,” Cornyn said. If the goal is a more incremental package that combines a solution for the “dreamers” with steps such as visa reforms and enhanced border security, “there may be a deal to be had,” Cornyn said. Sanders’ blunt warning to lawmakers skeptical they can come up with a plan: “If they can’t, then they should get out of the way and let somebody else take their job that can actually get something done.” The DACA program was created by former President Obama by executive action in 2012, when it became clear Congress would not act to address the young immi- grants’ plight in legislation that was dubbed the “Dream Act.” Trump ran his campaign as an immigra- tion-hard liner, labeling DACA as illegal “amnesty” and pledging to repeal it immediately. But he shifted his approach after the elec- tion, expressing sympathy for the “dreamers,” many of whom were brought to the U.S. by their parents when they were very young and have no memories of the counties where they were born. Trump’s aides painted his move AP Photo/Susan Walsh Attorney General Jeff Sessions makes a statement at the Jus- tice Department in Washington, Tuesday on President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. to gradually phase out the program as the best of bad options: State officials had threatened a lawsuit if he did not act by Tuesday to repeal the program, which has given nearly 800,000 young immigrants a reprieve from deportation and the ability to work legally in the U.S. in the form of two-year, renewable work permits. “In effect, I am not going to just cut DACA off, but rather provide a window of opportunity for Congress to finally act,” Trump said. He said he was not in favor of punishing children for the actions of their parents, but he added, “Young Americans have dreams, too.” W EDNESDAY A FTERNOON & E VENING ABC NBC CBS FOX 12 PM 12:30 1 PM (11) KFFX KPTV (19) KEPR KOIN (25) KNDU KGW (42) KVEW KATU PBS (31) KTNW (59) OPB Paid CABLE 2 PM 2:30 S EPTEMBER 6, 2017 3 PM 3:30 Paterni- Divorce Divorce Judge Mathis 11 Program ty Court Court Court Wendy Williams 3 12 O' News (N) Name Bold & B. B & B TMZ Paid 6 Program Paid 8 News The Chew 2 Game 19 News The Talk (N) The People's Court The Dr. Oz Show People's Court Let's Make a Deal Dr. Phil The Talk (N) The Doctors Days of Our Lives Hot Hot Bench Bench Days of Our Lives T.D. Jakes General Hospital The Doctors Dr. Phil The Wendy Williams Show E.DeGeneres (N) The Rachael Ray 4 Show Marie Kondo General Hospital Harry Afternoon Live (L) C The Chew Charlie Rose Sara's Fons & Esmon- Arthur Arthur Wild Meals Porter de Tech. 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A stand-alone bill addressing just the “dreamers” seems unlikely to pass the House, given the firm stance of many conservatives. And it’s unclear whether Trump would sign it anyway. U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (R-Or- egon) sent out a statement after the announcement Tuesday saying it is “up to Congress to find a permanent solution” and it is “past time for Congress to act on this issue.” “I’ve long been a supporter of stronger security on America’s borders — countries that do not have control of their borders do not have control of their national security,” he said. “That is what will lead us to much-needed immigra- tion reform, and it is vital to fixing our broken system.” Walden also expressed sympathy for those caught in the “limbo” of the current immigration system. “These are kids who know no other country as their home and were brought here through no fault of their own at a young age,” he said. U.S. Sen. 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