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Alex Padilla: To be clear, DACA was never intended to be a permanent solution. It was meant to be a temporary stop gap until Congress…

On the recordJune 17, 2026
To be clear, DACA was never intended to be a permanent solution. It was meant to be a temporary stop gap until Congress took action by passing the Dream Act, or ideally modernizing our immigration system as a whole.
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Alex Padilla
Democratic · California

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Remarks on DACA's 14th Anniversary

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