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1. 2 million. R this is the type of waste that is in our government. Sunday night 8 eastern on cspans q a. Washington journal continues. Senior ris meissner, fellow and director at Migration Policy Institute, joins us on the day the Trump Administration announcing plans for the future of the daca program. Meissner, help us understand who these socalled they,rs are, how many are how long have they been in the United States on average . Uest well, theyre a group of people who were designated in the last administration by obama as eligible for a program that he created, daca, deferred action for childhood rrival, created in 2012, june of 2012. And it said that young people brought them have here, whose parents are illegally in the country and their children, were ligible for deferral of deportation, as long ....
Billion for Hurricane Harvey relief. A vote on that could come as soon as tomorrow. Also, current federal funding expires on september 30, so the house will have to work on a spending package on eight of the remaining Appropriations Bills for the next fiscal year. And were hearing it might begin as a shortterm threemonth agreement. The house set to award senator bob dole a congressional gold medal and urging the building and purchase of selfdriving cars. The house is back today live at 2 00 p. M. Eastern live on cspan. Also, the Senate Returns today and lawmakers will be considering a judicial judicial nomination and Hurricane Harvey. Up next, a look at the week ahead in congress from todays washington journal. This is about an hour. Continue. Host any day ....
And is brought to you today by your cable or satellite rovider. The house back at 5 00 p. M. Eastern. Next up a look at the week ahead in the u. S. House and senate from todays washington journal, this is about an hour. Any day is a good day to but bob cusack with us, especially as Congress Returns from its august recess for its busy fall agenda. The announcement today on deferred action for childhood arrivals, expecting the announcement at 11 00, expecting the president to say he will end the program with a six month delay. How do you expect that to go over on capitol hill . Guest it will be difficult to pass any type of dream act, even a conservative dream act. John boehner years ago, then speaker, had a secret group of bipartisan members trying to get some type of deal. For wellon and off over one year and could not come up with a solution of that could pass the house. The dream act, when president obama passed the house, but ....
The announcement today on deferred action for childhood arrivals, expecting the announcement at 11 00, expecting the president to say he will end the program with a six month delay. How do you expect that to go over on capitol hill . Guest it will be difficult to pass any type of dream act, even a conservative dream act. John boehner years ago, then speaker, had a secret group of bipartisan members trying to get some type of deal. For wellon and off over one year and could not come up with a solution of that could pass the house. The dream act, when president obama passed the house, but fewer than 10 republicans supported it, they could not get the 60 votes in the senate which led to the daca program. Some members you were talking some members said this is the opportunity and we can do it. Maybe there is a big deal, a dreamers plus the wall that could pass. The odds are against it. Host talk us through that, what is possible going to be tied together in the next few weeks, a lot of big ....
At the brookings institution. Thank you for coming out on a friday morning to talk about this incredibly important issue. We have a great panel for you. We have a cspan audience, live webcast. Anyone who would like to tweet, Us Immigration and hope to have a good discussion both here and online. This way back when, when i was a graduate student at the university of california berkeley where secretary Janet Napolitano runs these days, we learned about wedge issues, those things that really divided the electorate, got everybody excited. Everyone had an opinion about. Immigration has become a wedge issue. Wedge issues come and go depending upon the year. Clearly since 2015 when donald trump started to run for Office Immigration has been at the forefront in terms of one of the wedge issues. It divides not just democrat ....