--- title: DACA: Transcript of Jeff Sessions' Remarks on Ending DACA description: Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced he will end a program that deferred deportation of undocumented people brought as children. canonical: https://time.com/4927426/daca-dreamers-jeff-sessions-transcript/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-05T16:01:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T17:17:17.477Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read a Transcript of Jeff Sessions Speech on Ending the DACA Program og:description: "We cannot admit everyone who would like to come here." og:url: https://time.com/4927426/daca-dreamers-jeff-sessions-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd93ba0e24384a5a/6988dc5ecf40a817b9c493c4/jeff-sessions-daca.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Attorney General Jeff Sessions Holds A Briefing On DACA og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read a Transcript of Jeff Sessions Speech on Ending the DACA Program twitter:description: "We cannot admit everyone who would like to come here." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd93ba0e24384a5a/6988dc5ecf40a817b9c493c4/jeff-sessions-daca.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'We Cannot Admit Everyone.' 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Alex Wong—Getty Images by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Sep 5, 2017 4:01 PM UTC Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Tuesday that the Trump Administration will [end a program](http://time.com/4927250/jeff-sessions-daca-rescind-letter/) that [deferred deportation](http://time.com/4927227/daca-undocumented-dreamers-jeff-sessions/) of [undocumented people](http://time.com/daca-dream-act-jose-antonio-vargas-time-cover-revisited/) brought to the U.S. as children. “To have a lawful system of immigration that serves the national interest, we cannot admit everyone who would like to come here,” he said at a press conference. 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