Protesters rallied outside Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer
Charles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerThe Hill's Morning Report — Presented by the Coalition for Affordable Prescription Drugs — Health care a top policy message in fall campaigns McConnell says deficits 'not a Republican problem' Medicare for All is disastrous for American seniors and taxpayers MORE's (D-N.Y.) New York City home on Tuesday after the top Democrat backed a deal to end the government shutdown a day earlier.
Demonstrators appeared at the Park Slope, Brooklyn, building to push the senator for a legislative solution for recipients of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which President Trump
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The program provided a temporary reprieve from deportation, as well as work permission, to hundreds of thousands of immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children, commonly called "Dreamers."
Photos and videos of the protest showed demonstrators holding signs bearing slogans such as "DREAM Act now," a reference to proposed legislation that would enshrine DACA's protections into law.
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Outside @SenSchumer’s building in Brooklyn: A Dream Act protest...”Schumer, escucha: Estamos en la lucha!” pic.twitter.com/97EJQv3Flw
— Kate Brannen (@K8brannen) January 23, 2018
Lack Of DACA Prompts Protest Outside Schumer's Park Slope Home https://t.co/ULoraIoclq pic.twitter.com/USoFbWz3fN
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Schumer led Senate Democrats last week in forcing a government shutdown by refusing support for a spending measure unless it addressed protections for Dreamers.
But, less than three days into the shutdown, Schumer and several other Senate Democrats agreed to a spending deal they had previously rejected, so long as Republicans agreed to consider an immigration measure in the coming weeks.
While the move may have helped end the shutdown, many liberals and immigrant advocacy groups decried what they deemed as Democrats' capitulation to political pressure from Republicans and a setback in their push for lawmakers to address protections for Dreamers.
