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Border Security: Immigration and Adult Children

border security: Also to be pursued was an overhaul of the green card system to prevent extended family members, including siblings and adult children, from joining permanent residents in the U.S. The White House was expected to endorse principles of the Davis-Oliver bill, which aims to give local law enforcement officials the power to enforce immigration laws and allow states to write their own immigration legislation, according to Metro News. The White House was also expected to call for billions of dollars in funding for border security, more immigrant detention beds and immigration judges. The principles, according to people familiar with ongoing discussions, were expected to include elements of proposed legislation that would dramatically reduce legal immigration rates. It remained unclear whether the principles, which were expected to be announced in the coming days, would serve as a broad immigration wish-list or specific demands the White House expected in exchange for signing legislation for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA. Under a phase-out plan announced last month by President Donald Trump, more than 150,000 young people covered by DACA, often known as Dreamers, whose permits were set to expire before March 5 were given the chance to submit renewals provided they arrived by midnight Thursday. It shielded from deportation hundreds of thousands of young people, many of whom were brought into the U.S. illegally as children, and allowed them to work legally in the country. Trump gave Congress six months to come up with a legislative replacement for the program. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.