杰弗里斯称被驱逐的DACA受助者应被带回美国:受不公对待者应获补救协助

华盛顿 — 美国众议院民主党领袖 Hakeem Jeffries 11 月 10 日接受 PBS《新闻一小时》采访时表示,他支持把在特朗普政府移民打击行动中已被驱逐的「童年入境暂缓遣返」(DACA)受助者带回美国。主持人 Amna Nawaz 在采访中提到,已有数十名 DACA 受助者在打击行动中被驱逐;杰弗里斯被问及是否支持把他们带回来时回答:「当然。」
杰弗里斯说,任何人,无论是美国公民、合法居留者还是 DACA 受助者,只要受到本届政府不公平、不公正的对待,就应当获得补救协助,以消除过去约 20 个月造成的损害。他没有说明这种协助的具体形式,也没有给出成本估算。他同时提出,可以先推动《梦想法案与承诺法案》,为「梦想生」等群体提供取得永久身份的路径。
民主党在 11 月 3 日中期选举中赢得众议院,众议院民主党人预计 11 月 18 日选出议长提名人,杰弗里斯被普遍视为下任议长人选,新一届国会将于明年 1 月开幕,民主党届时才正式掌控众议院。
杰弗里斯的表态随即引发争议。白宫对这一提议提出批评;现任众议院议长约翰逊把他的话概括为要把已被驱逐的人带回来并付钱给他们。需要说明的是,杰弗里斯在采访中没有使用「赔偿」一词,也没有承诺任何付款安排,他所说的「补救协助」具体指什么,目前没有定义。
关联:杰弗里斯正式宣布竞选众议院议长:称报复与弹劾特朗普不是民主党的优先事项
(来源:PBS新闻一小时)
Jeffries Says Deported DACA Recipients Should Be Brought Back, and Anyone Treated Unfairly Given Remedial Assistance
WASHINGTON — House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said in a PBS NewsHour interview on November 10 that he supports bringing back to the United States recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) who have already been deported in the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. Host Amna Nawaz noted reports that dozens of DACA recipients were among those deported; asked whether he would support efforts to bring them back, Jeffries replied, 'Certainly.'
Jeffries said anyone, whether a citizen, someone lawfully present or a DACA recipient, who has been treated unfairly and unjustly by the administration should receive remedial assistance to undo the damage done over roughly the past 20 months. He did not specify what form that assistance would take or what it would cost. He also proposed starting with the Dream and Promise Act, which would create a path to permanent status for Dreamers and others.
Democrats won the House in the November 3 midterm elections. House Democrats are expected to choose their speaker nominee on November 18, Jeffries is widely viewed as the next speaker, and Democrats formally take control of the House when the new Congress convenes in January.
The remarks drew immediate controversy. The White House criticised the proposal, and sitting Speaker Mike Johnson characterised it as bringing deported people back and paying them. Jeffries did not use the word 'compensation' in the interview and promised no payments; what his 'remedial assistance' would consist of has not been defined.
Related: Jeffries Formally Announces Speaker Bid, Says Retaliation and Impeaching Trump Are Not Priorities
(Source: PBS NewsHour)
来源:PBS新闻一小时
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