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Sen. Flake aide: Bipartisan DACA deal reached

Posted at 11:45 AM, Jan 11, 2018
and last updated 2018-01-11 13:51:35-05

An aide for Sen. Jeff Flake aide says a bipartisan group on immigration has reached agreement on DACA legislation. The next step is seeking a reaction from the White House; next step is seeking White House reaction.

At the core of the deal would be a legislative way to enact the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals , an Obama administration program that protected young undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children from deportation that Trump has decided to end.