Opponents to the end of DACA protest outside Rep. John Faso’s
(R, NY-19) Kingston office today
WASHINGTON – Saying you can’t punish children for the sins
of their parents, Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney (D, NY-18) said he
opposes the Trump Administration’s end to DACA.
Maloney called it a “cruel and stupid idea” to send people
to another country they barely remember. He said Congress needs to “get
off their butts” and pass a comprehensive fix to the broken immigration
system.
“The President has once again has gone out of his way to generate
division and bad feelings for no reason. He could have easily sent a bill
up to Capitol Hill to fix the issue he is concerned about,” Maloney
said.
Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D, NY-17) called the end of DACA “immoral
and wrong.”
She said the action “continues a pattern of anti-immigration actions
and policies by the Republican Party.
Lowey said in “an undemocratic and underhanded move, majority leadership
stripped from an upcoming spending package a bipartisan provision, introduced
by Appropriations Democrats, that makes DACA recipients eligible from
federal jobs.
