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U.S. NEWS Saturday 22 april 2017
Trump tells young immigrants in US illegally to ‘rest easy’

JULIE PACE despite having qualified
AP White House Corre- for deferred deportation.
spondent Trump said Montes’ case
WASHINGTON (AP) — is “a little different than the
Young immigrants brought dreamer case,” though he
to the U.S. as children and did not specify why.
now here illegally can “rest The Deferred Action for
easy,” President Donald Childhood Arrivals program
Trump said Friday, telling was launched in 2012 as a
the “dreamers” they will stopgap to protect some
not be targets for depor- young immigrants from de-
tation under his immigra- portation while the admin-
tion policies. Trump, in a istration continued to push
wide-ranging interview for a broader immigration
with The Associated Press, overhaul in Congress.
said his administration is Obama’s administrative
“not after the dreamers, program offered a re-
we are after the criminals.” prieve from deportation
The president, who took a to those immigrants in the
hard line on immigration country illegally who could
as a candidate, vowed prove they arrived before
anew to fulfill his promise President Donald Trump walks along the West Wing Colonnade at the White House in Washington, they were 16, had been in
to construct a wall along Friday, April 21, 2017. Young immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children can “rest easy,” the United States for sever-
the president said Friday, telling the “dreamers” they will not be targets for deportation under his
the U.S.-Mexico border. But immigration policies. Trump, in a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press, said his ad- al years and had not com-
he stopped short of de- ministration is “not after the dreamers, we are after the criminals.” mitted a crime since being
manding that funding for (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) here. q
the project be included in
a spending bill Congress the White House is eager
must pass by the end of to tout progress on the
next week in order to keep litany of agenda items he
the government running. “I promised to fulfill in his first
want the border wall. My 100 days, despite setbacks
base definitely wants the including court bans on his
border wall,” Trump said in proposed immigration lim-
the Oval Office interview. its and a high-profile failure
Asked whether he would in repealing and replac-
sign legislation that does ing the current health care
not include money for law.The president said Fri-
the project, he said, “I just day he spent his first 100
don’t know yet.” Through- days laying the “founda-
out the campaign, he tion” for progress later in
had firmly and repeatedly his administration, includ-
guaranteed that Mexico, ing by building relation-
not U.S. taxpayers, would ships with foreign leaders.
pay for the wall. Eager to He cited German Chan-
start making progress on cellor Angela Merkel as a
other campaign promises, leader he was surprised to
Trump said he would unveil have developed strong
a tax overhaul package chemistry with, given that
next week — “Wednes- he has been critical of her
day or shortly thereafter” handling of immigration
— that would include a policies. As a candidate,
“massive” tax cut for both Trump strongly criticized
individuals and corpora- President Barack Obama
tions. He would not provide for “illegal executive am-
details of rate proposals or nesties,” including actions
how he planned to pay for to spare from deportation
the package but asserted young people who were
the cuts for Americans will brought to the country as
be “bigger, I believe, than children and now are here
any tax cut ever.” Con- illegally. But after the elec-
gressional Republicans tion, Trump started speak-
seemed caught off guard ing more favorably about
by Trump’s announce- these immigrants, popular-
ment and did not appear ly dubbed “dreamers.”
to have been briefed on On Friday, he said that
the details of the White when it comes to them,
House’s forthcoming plan. “This is a case of heart.”
Trump spoke with the AP This week, attorneys for
ahead of his 100th day Juan Manuel Montes said
in office. He panned that the 23-year-old was re-
marker as “artificial.” Still, cently deported to Mexico