DC: President Donald Trump followed through on a campaign promise Tuesday to end an amnesty program for hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants, albeit in a way that allows beneficiaries to continue using the program for a period and gives Congress a chance to pass a legislative fix.
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was started by President Barack Obama in 2012 to protect illegal immigrants that arrived as minors. It protects roughly 800,000 illegal immigrants, many of whom are in their 30s. President Trump vowed to end the program immediately on the campaign trial, but wavered before his hand was forced by a litigation threat from several Republican state attorneys general.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions made the announcement in a Tuesday press briefing and said that he had determined that the program was unconstitutional.
President Trump tweeted Tuesday ahead of Sessions’ announcement, “Congress, get ready to do your job – DACA!” This suggests Trump is going along with the fear of many immigration hawks and supporting a legislative amnesty for the hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants protected by DACA.
“Congress now has the opportunity to advance responsible immigration reform that puts American jobs and American security first. We are facing the symptom of a larger problem, illegal immigration, along with the many other chronic immigration problems Washington has left unsolved. We must reform our green card system, which now favors low-skilled immigration and puts immense strain on U.S. taxpayers,” Trump said in a statement following Sessions’ announcement.
Congress could potentially pass an amnesty for DACA recipients along with the RAISE Act, which substantially lowers legal immigration and is supported by the White House.
The slow rescinding of DACA will also mean that DACA beneficiaries will be able to keep their status on a rolling basis. This will allow some illegal immigrants to be protected from deportation and keep their work permits all the way into 2019. more here
goly gee, protecting them ALL the way through 2019 huh?
What a load of BS!
DEPORT EVERY SINGLE STINKING ONE OF THEM AND THEIR PARENTS!
I hope this means Trump is ignoring
the Federal judges recent unconstitutional order to restart BO’s DACA that was created
from his illegal executive order.
This story is originally from Sept or Oct of 2017, more or less.
““With the measures the Department is putting in place today, no current beneficiaries will be impacted before March 5, 2018, nearly six months from now, so Congress can have time to deliver on appropriate legislative solutions.”
@Richard Cranium & John…
Yep, datelined 9/5/17. I was wondering how this story fit in with the fed judge’s order to restart DACA. It doesn’t.
Who’s this Jeff Sessions guy that was mentioned in the article? Never heard of him…
The administration is worried about the possibility of widespread violence with mass deportations. Behind the illegals will be large numbers of leftists to join the fray.
I’m for doing it anyway. Not acting to remove these people is defacto amnesty anyway.
I see dreamers daily, in the police blotter.
Round them up, hog tie them and send them back over the border on a trebuchet ride!