--- description: Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced he will end a program that deferred deportation of undocumented people brought as children. title: Read a Transcript of Jeff Sessions Speech on Ending the DACA Program image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd93ba0e24384a5a/6988dc5ecf40a817b9c493c4/jeff-sessions-daca.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Immigration](/tag/immigration/) ## Immigration Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 'We Cannot Admit Everyone.' Read a Transcript of Jeff Sessions' Remarks on Ending the DACA Program by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 5, 2017 4:01 PM CUT  U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks on immigration at the Justice Department September 5, 2017 in Washington, DC. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks on immigration at the Justice Department September 5, 2017 in Washington, DC.Alex Wong—Getty Images by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 5, 2017 4:01 PM CUT Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Tuesday that the Trump Administration will [end a program](http://time.com/4927250/jeff-sessions-daca-rescind-letter/ "undefined") that [deferred deportation](http://time.com/4927227/daca-undocumented-dreamers-jeff-sessions/ "undefined") of [undocumented people](http://time.com/daca-dream-act-jose-antonio-vargas-time-cover-revisited/ "undefined") 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. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4927426/daca-dreamers-jeff-sessions-transcript/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4927426/daca-dreamers-jeff-sessions-transcript/"},"headline":"'We Cannot Admit Everyone.' Read a Transcript of Jeff Sessions' Remarks on Ending the DACA Program","datePublished":"2017-09-05T16:01:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T17:17:17.477Z","description":"Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced he will end a program that deferred deportation of undocumented people brought as children.","url":"https://time.com/4927426/daca-dreamers-jeff-sessions-transcript/","keywords":["Immigration","White House","justice","DACA","transcripts","Jeff Sessions","dreamers"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd93ba0e24384a5a/6988dc5ecf40a817b9c493c4/jeff-sessions-daca.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ryan Teague Beckwith","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd93ba0e24384a5a/6988dc5ecf40a817b9c493c4/jeff-sessions-daca.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Attorney General Jeff Sessions Holds A Briefing On DACA","caption":"Attorney General Jeff Sessions Holds A Briefing On DACA","creditText":"Alex Wong—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/immigration/","name":"Immigration"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4927426/daca-dreamers-jeff-sessions-transcript/","name":"'We Cannot Admit Everyone.' Read a Transcript of Jeff Sessions' Remarks on Ending the DACA Program"}}]}] ```