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Donald Trump says he will soon sign new merit-based immigration act

"We are going to work on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals because we want to make people happy and I will tell you even conservative Republicans want to see something happen with DACA," he said

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Trump said the Democrats had their chance for three years to do something with DACA and they always turned it down.

2 min read Last Updated : Jul 15 2020 | 11:40 PM IST

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he will soon sign a merit-based immigration act that will also take care of the immigrants brought to the country illegally as children and protected under the DACA programme.

"We are going to be signing an immigration act very soon. It is going to be based on merit, it is going to be very strong," Trump told reporters at a Rose Garden press conference at the White House.

"We are going to work on DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) because we want to make people happy and I will tell you even conservative Republicans

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