--- 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'We Cannot Admit Everyone.' Read a Transcript of Jeff Sessions' Remarks on Ending the DACA Program by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Sep 5, 2017 4:01 PM UTC  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](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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