After giving Congress two weeks to act, President Donald Trump said that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE), will start deporting “a lot people” after Independence Day.
“After July 4, many people will be sent out. So the people who come may be here for a short time, but they are going back to their countries, “he said in the Oval Hall on July 1.
On June 17, Trump said that ICE would begin deporting “millions” of illegal aliens who have been ordered to leave the country.
However, a few days later he delayed the deportations for two weeks after the protest by the Democrats in Congress. He said he wanted to give Democrats and Republicans the opportunity to work together to repair US immigration laws. They attract people to the country and then allow them to stay indefinitely once they enter.
“Our laws are so bad that they can be changed in – I always say 15 minutes; let it be an hour It’s very simple, “said Trump.
However, there are fundamental differences between Republicans and Democrats in the direction that talks on illegal immigration should take.
When asked last week about the reform of US immigration laws, Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (a California Democrat) spoke about protecting dreamers, illegal immigrants brought to the United States when they were children, and decriminalize the act of crossing the border illegally.
“You can not say – and there is a disagreement – that someone who crosses the border is breaking the law. Not until it has been determined whether they can stay or not, “Pelosi said during a press conference on June 27.
Most Republicans want to fortify the southern border, decrease the number of fraudulent asylum claims and facilitate the deportation of people once a judge determines they do not meet the requirements to remain in the country.
Senator Lindsey Graham (Republican for South Carolina) presented a bill in May that has been approved by the head of the Department of Homeland Security to solve the main drivers of immigration to the United States. His bill has been considered in the committee twice, but has not yet been voted, and Congress is resting for the rest of the week.
July 6 marks two weeks since Trump said he would delay deportation.
