Immigration Reform News 2017: Will Donald Trump change his views about the country's immigration issues?
While working to woo the voters during the U.S. presidential campaign, President-elect Donald Trump was very firm about his stance against the undocumented migrants in the country. But it seems like the upcoming president is now open to having a softer approach to the immigration reform for 2017.
In an interview with Time regarding the status of those who were brought to the United States as young children without legal documents, the president-elect said that he will consider all options to address their situation. "We're going to work something out that's going to make people happy and proud," Trump stated in the interview as reported by CNN.
The incoming president mentioned that they will look into the individual's education and work attainment to assess if they can pass the immigration requirements of his administration. "They got brought here at a very young age, they've worked here, they've gone to school here. Some were good students. Some have wonderful jobs. And they're in never-never land because they don't know what's going to happen," Trump also said.
But in case Trump will decide to push through with his campaign promises in which he would eliminate all the undocumented immigrants in the United States, the Democrats from California already has a way to give the incoming president a hard time in executing his plans.
"While Donald Trump may have won the presidency, he hasn't changed our values. America is greater than any one man or party. We will not be dragged back into the past. We will lead the resistance to any effort that would shred our social fabric or our Constitution," the Senate President Pro Tem and California senator Kevin De Leon stated in a press release that was published on his website.
The Democrats from California will submit the bills collectively known as "Due Process for All," including the fund allocation for nonprofit organizations that will provide legal aid and resources to undocumented immigrants while the other bill will provide funds for educational training programs that will be conducted for legal practitioners who will defend those with immigration and deportation cases.
Both bills are expected to be signed by California governor Jerry Brown once they pass by the legislature.