Following is a statement by Association of American Universities President Mary Sue Coleman on the Senate’s failure to pass a permanent legislative solution for DACA registrants.
Today, our lawmakers failed the American people, including the hundreds of thousands of young undocumented people, who are American in every way except birth. This inaction is appalling and it endangers our nation.
AAU stands with the vast majority of Americans, who overwhelmingly support a permanent legal solution for DACA registrants, and implores Congress to act. Doing anything less is a disservice to the people of our great nation.
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