Longmont’s City Council on Tuesday night will consider urging President Donald Trump’s administration to keep the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals in place.
A resolution proposed for council consideration would further call on Trump and Congress — including Longmont’s congressional delegation, U.S. Rep. Ken Buck and Sens. Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner — “to demonstrate your commitment to the American economy and the ideals of our nation by continuing DACA until Congress modernizes our immigration system and provides a more permanent form of relief for these individuals.”
On Sept. 5, Trump announced his decision to phase out the five-year-old program that has protected undocumented immigrants from deportation if they entered the United States before they turned 16.
The resolution, which Councilwoman Polly Christensen suggested earlier this month be drafted and placed on Tuesday’s regular-meeting agenda for a council vote, also encourages “all governmental, business and nonprofit agencies in Longmont” to join the council in supporting DACA.
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