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Eight out of 10 Americans across party lines want undocumented immigrant youth on a path to citizenship, and 58 percent say it’s Republicans who will be “most responsible” if Congress fails to pass legislation ensuring it, according to a new Quinnipiac University national poll. This isn’t a controversial issue. What is controversial is that the Republican Congress won’t listen to them and allow a vote on the bipartisan DREAM Act:
American voters support 80—16 percent allowing undocumented children brought to the U.S. as children, so-called "Dreamers," to remain and eventually apply for citizenship. Every listed group supports Dreamers by wide margins.
Voters think 63 - 27 percent that Trump wants Dreamers to be deported. Only Republicans think Trump wants Dreamers to remain. And voters think 55—32 percent that Republicans in Congress want Dreamers deported. Again, only Republicans think their leaders want Dreamers to remain.
Voters think 85 - 8 percent that Democrats in Congress want Dreamers to stay.
More than, 20,000 DACA recipients have already fallen out of status since Donald Trump had Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III announce the end of the program last September. Ultimately, 800,000 DACA recipients will be at risk of being torn from the only country they’ve ever known as home if Congress fails to pass permanent protections, and Americans will know who is to blame if that happens.