--- 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: 2026-10-08T09:32:56.365Z 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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The Trump Administration has decided to phase out Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals_ by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Sep 5, 2017 4:01 PM UTC 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. Here is a transcript of Sessions’ speech. --- > “” --- ## Transcript The program known as DACA that was effectuated under the Obama Administration is being rescinded. Such an open end and circunvation of immigration laws was an unconstitutional excercise of authority by the executive branch. We inherited from our founders and have advanced And unsurpassed legal heritage. Which is the foundation of our freedom, our safety and our prosperity. As attorney general, it is my duty to ensure that the laws of the United States are enforced and that the Constitutional Order is upheld. 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