President Donald Trump took aim at the "Dreamers" label earlier this week during his State of the Union address, in which he said that “Americans are dreamers, too.” | Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images Trump on 'Dreamers' label: 'Don't fall into that trap'

President Donald Trump on Thursday cautioned against labeling young undocumented immigrants protected under DACA as “Dreamers,” warning people not to “fall into that trap.”

The president, addressing lawmakers at a Republican retreat in West Virginia, called for a resolution to the ongoing congressional impasse over immigration policy, which has stalled as Republican and Democratic officials have failed to reach a compromise over the Obama-era immigration initiative.


But Trump, who in September rescinded DACA, spoke out against the term for the group of roughly 800,000 immigrants.

“Some people call it Dreamers,” Trump said. “It's not Dreamers. Don’t fall into that trap. It’s much different than dreamers.”

The president took aim at the label earlier this week during his State of the Union address, in which he said that “Americans are dreamers, too.”

Trump echoed his remarks in West Virginia on Thursday.

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“I said the other night, we have dreamers, too,” he said. “We have dreamers in this country, too. We can’t forget our dreamers. I have a lot of dreamers here.”

Trump’s remarks on immigration during the address to Congress drew the ire of Democratic lawmakers, many of whom invited Dreamers to attend the speech as their guests in a sign of support.

Trump told reporters last week that he would consider offering a pathway to citizenship in 10 to 12 years for enrollees of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, signaling a major concession in immigration talks from the White House.

But Trump signaled that he would also request billions in funding for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and other security measures, along with restrictions on family-based immigration and changes that focus immigration policy on workers with specific skill sets, as part of the negotiation. Democratic lawmakers have balked at the offer.

