Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Calif.) said Tuesday that he opposes the Blackburn legislation, as well as a separate measure that would gut the executive actions the Obama administration announced last fall and roll back immigration enforcement directives dating as far back as 2011. If those amendments are ultimately approved, Denham said he would oppose the underlying DHS funding bill.
“It’s disappointing to see an overreach,” Denham said of his own party.
The moderates in the GOP conference are taking issue, in particular, with a provision in Blackburn’s measure that would ban renewals under the current DACA program, which grants a two-year deportation reprieve and work permits for so-called Dreamers, young immigrants who were brought to the United States illegally as children.
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