Democrats double down on Monday’s betrayal of the undocumented
NOVANEWS
By Rachel Silang
Senate Democrats declared today that the next spending bill will include nothing for the 800,000 recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA), whose protected status is set to expire in early March.
On Jan. 22, Senate Democrats caved to Trump, providing three more weeks of government funding without any resolution for the Dreamers. They exchanged their flimsy promise to the immigrant community for an even flimsier one: a mere statement of “intention” from the Republican leadership to debate, not even pass, immigration reform in February. Some hoped that the Senate Democrats might still refuse funding if nothing was settled for the Dreamers by February 8. Withholding funds remains Senate Democrats’ main piece of leverage.
This morning Senate Democ...