Florida Senators Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson react to Trump administration's decision to end DACA program

Jacksonville, FL — With the Trump administration moving to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, better known as DACA, Florida's senators are weighing in.

Democratic Senator Bill Nelson coming out against the decision to end DACA, releasing the following statement:

“DREAMers are our neighbors and our friends. They are our high school valedictorians and our first responders. It’s time for us, as a country, to come together and acknowledge the many contributions that DREAMers have made to our great country, instead of trying to kick them out of the only country they’ve ever known.”

Meanwhile, Republican Senator Marco Rubio, seemed to support accommodating the so-called DREAMers who were brought into the country illegally as children, but he thinks the best way to move forward is through new legislation, not DACA.

Rubio releasing a statement of his own:

“I have long supported accommodating those brought to this country illegally through no fault of their own. However, I have always felt that President Obama's executive action was unconstitutional and that the right way to address this issue was through legislation. Congress now has less than six months to deal with this the right way, through the legislative process. It is important that the White House clearly outline what kind of legislation the president is willing to sign. We have no time to waste on ideas that do not have the votes to pass or that the president won’t sign.”