Schumer on working with Trump to secure DACA deal: ‘We’d love to do that’
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Democrats would "love" to work with President-elect Trump on a deal for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients.
Schumer joined NBC News's "Meet the Press" on Sunday, where he was asked about potential areas in which Democrats could work with Trump and his next administration, particularly as he plans to crack down on immigration.
Despite Trump’s wide deportation plans, he’s expressed interest in allowing DACA recipients, also known as dreamers, to remain in the country.
“Well, we’d love to do that,” Schumer said Sunday. “Our party has been strongly fighting for the dreamers for a decade.”
Still, Trump's plan for immigration remains largely unknown. On the campaign trail, he provided little specifics of how he intends to carry out the deportation of millions of people, though he's threatened to use the military to do so.
With the future uncertain for many people and immigration advocates bracing for what may come, Schumer stated that the recipients have long been in the country.
"Look, these are people, they were little, tiny children when they were brought over the border," he continued. "Many of them have been here for decades. Some have served in the armed forces. Many of them are working very productively and have families."
“Yes, if we can find a solution so that the dreamers could stay here, we’d welcome it,” Schumer continued.