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Commentary: A bill to deal with DACA would halve legal immigration

Ever since President Donald Trump set in motion the gradual termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which gave work permits to young immigrants brought here illegally when they were children, Congress has been stalled on solving the situation of these 700,000 so-called Dreamers.

After much Republican intraparty wrangling, Speaker Paul D. Ryan agreed to bring two bills to the floor of the House of Representatives.

He released a draft of one of those bills Thursday. The other

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