Battle over the fate of Dreamers flares in Georgia
September 22, 2017
One of those Democrats is U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson of Lithonia. One of Georgia's most liberal members of Congress, he said in an interview Wednesday that he would only be willing to consider beefed up border security in exchange for protections for Dreamers.
Trump "has had so many positions that it's hard to have confidence in the current one he has taken" on DACA, Johnson said. "At this point … with the agreement with President Trump to pursue a fix to the DACA program, it makes abundant sense for us to go ahead and move while the iron is hot."
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