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Title: Trump reportedly plans to end DACA — and the young immigrants who depend on the program are in 'panic mode'
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Business Insider
URL Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/what ... igrant-program-dreamers-2017-9
Published: Sep 4, 2017
Author: staff
Post Date: 2017-09-04 10:09:32 by buckeroo
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Views: 2031
Comments: 13
According to at least two media reports published on Sunday, Trump wants to end the program and delay enforcement for six months. The delay would allow Congress to pass legislation mitigating the effect that DACA's demise may have on the nearly 800,000 immigrants who benefit from it. Politico reporter Eliana Johnson cited sources who said the White House and House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan spoke about the decision Sunday morning. Trump was set to make an official announcement on Tuesday. The widely anticipated decision comes after both the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security reportedly held internal discussions about the fate of the program in recent weeks. Trump repeatedly vowed throughout his presidential campaign to terminate DACA, blasting the policy as unconstitutional. Yet he has wavered on the program since his presidency began, and acknowledged that the issue is a nuanced one. "We are going to deal with DACA with heart," Trump said at a February news conference, adding that the decision is "very, very difficult." "To me, it's one of the most difficult subjects I have because you have these incredible kids — in many cases, not in all cases," he said. "But you have some absolutely incredible kids — I would say mostly — they were brought here in such a way. It's a very, very tough subject." What is DACA? DACA was launched by President Barack Obama in 2012, offering young immigrants the chance to apply for temporary protection from deportation. The program does not grant legal status to immigrants, nor does it put them on paths to citizenship or legalization, but the protection allows them to receive authorization to work legally in the US and in certain states apply for driver's licenses. Immigration advocates have pleaded with Trump to keep the program in place. They have argued that the immigrants who benefit from DACA should be treated with compassion — they were typically brought to the US by their parents at very young ages, and in many cases grew up without realizing they lived in the country illegally. DACA recipients, known frequently as "dreamers" are also required to meet certain criteria, such as never having been convicted of a felony or "significant" misdemeanor. Critics — including prominent Trump administration officials like Attorney General Jeff Sessions — have derided the program as an abuse of Obama's presidential power, and voiced complaints about its broad scale, the work authorization component, and the potential for immigrants to exploit a loophole that could place them on a path to citizenship. The lingering uncertainty around DACA's future under the Trump administration has roiled the immigrant community for months, and left DACA recipients panicked and unsure of what steps to take in the meantime. "They're in panic mode," said Reaz Jafri, an immigration attorney at the law firm Withers Bergman, whose clients include DACA recipients and their employers. "DACA invited people who were in the shadows to come forth, get biometrics taken, get put in the system, get a social security number, get a job, take out a loan, open a bank account, get a credit card," Jafri told Business Insider. "They're wondering, 'Now that I'm no longer protected, can ICE now come and find me? Because ICE now knows where I live, where I work.'" But despite Trump's previous wavering support and opposition of the program, he was required to make a decision by Sept. 5 or face a lawsuit. In June, 10 attorneys general, led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, wrote to Sessions setting the September deadline and threatening to sue over DACA using the same legal framework that successfully challenged a 2014 expansion to DACA and the establishment of a companion program, Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA). The letter called DACA "unlawful" and said it "unilaterally confers eligibility for work authorization … and lawful presence without any statutory authorization from Congress." As the deadline for a decision drew near, immigration advocates pointed to the consequences of rescinding protection and work authorization from the nearly 800,000 immigrants who depend on it. A recent study by the left-leaning Center for American Progress (CAP) and the lobbying group FWD.us found that if DACA were repealed, roughly 700,000 workers would lose their jobs over the next two years, and the estimated loss of their labor could cost the country $460.3 billion in economic output over the next decade. "Ending DACA would place severe economic strain on businesses around the country, putting them into the impossible and extremely costly position of having to fire productive employees for no other reason than an arbitrary change in federal policy, potentially resulting in backlash from other employees or their broader community," the report said. The intense pushback from immigration advocates to a potential repeal of DACA hasn't fallen on deaf ears — on Friday, one of the 10 attorneys general who signed the original letter announced his state would stand down on the lawsuit, citing the "human element" of rescinding the program. "Many of the DACA recipients, some of whose records I reviewed, have outstanding accomplishments and laudable ambitions, which if achieved, will be of great benefit and service to our country," Tennessee's attorney general Herbert Slatery wrote in a letter to the state's two Republican senators. "They have an appreciation for the opportunities afforded them by our country … our Office has decided not to challenge DACA in the litigation, because we believe there is a better approach." President Donald Trump is expected to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, a controversial Obama-era policy that shielded immigrants from deportation if they were brought to the US illegally as children.
Finally some light wherein the Trump son-of-a-bitch hasn't reversed on his campaign promises.
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#1. To: buckeroo (#0)
Deport them all
They aren't immigrants. They are God damned invaders. Brought upon us with Obama's manipulation.
Every day for the last 10 days they've been telling us Trump is going to end DACA. This is the biggest trial balloon I've seen in a long time. "According to at least two media reports published on Sunday ..." According to all journalistic standards, you're never supposed to use other media as a source. For obvious reasons.
Deport them and you free up 800,000 jobs for American citizens. Sure, we feel for these people, but we feel more for our own fellow citizens who don't have jobs. When all American citizens have jobs and we need more people for job openings, we'll give Mexico a call.
I don't feel for them. They've had Mexico for thousands of years and haven't done anything with it. Now they want to move in here to escape what they havn't done. Screw em.
Good. It is up to Congress to determine such matters. It is Trump's job to enforce the laws, not to continue his predecessor's refusal to enforce the laws and his lawless attempt to make an end-run around them with the DACA E.O. Trump is also facing pressure from the 10-state coalition, led by Texas, to knock DACA out. If Trump doesn't do something, it's quite likely the courts will do it for him anyway. You might argue that Trump is being more "compassionate" by ending DACA but giving six months for Congress to act. He could, if he chose, just let the courts go ahead and strike it down. By striking it down himself and granting six months for Congress to act, the DACAs will get 6 months more without being deported, no matter what. If Trump does this, you'd think it would give the GOP Senate plenty of bargaining power against the Dems, perhaps to enact tax reform or to greenlight Trump's nominees. I assume that McConnell will squander all of that leverage as usual.
The already have. A long time ago. These are illegal aliens. The parents are illegal. The children are illegal. Obama did an end-around with Congress with DACA. Trump is trying to restore our immigation policy by enforcing Congressional law. "By striking it down himself and granting six months for Congress to act, the DACAs will get 6 months more without being deported, no matter what." The alternative plan is to strike down Obama's EO but allow DACA immigrants to run out their existing temporary visas. I hate turning this over to Congress because I think they'll fold like a cheap suit.
It is up to Congress to determine such matters. Congress will dodge the issue to avoid being exposed as reconquista globalists, and pass the ball to the executive branch, Chelsea and Ivanka in the Manhattan Oval Office. The bipartisan Trump-Clinton coalition will provide sanctuary for the "Dream Students" The more The Donald blows hot air, the more certain it becomes that he's going to flip flop back to one of his previous positions. Yep ! Not going to defend Obutthole, but to be honest, El Jorgeo Busho contributed to the mess. He did not want to keep them out. He even wanted the Border Patrol to stand down, and prosecuted a couple agents. What a POS he was !!! Si vis pacem, para bellum Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. Never Pick A Fight With An Old Man He Will Just Shoot You He Can't Afford To Get Hurt "If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went." (Will Rogers)
Bush was worse than that. In 2005-2006, the GOP Congress finally managed to pass a border enforcement bill with provisions for building a wall, after several attempts at a Shamnesty led by Hagel and McStain and Lady Lindsey, the usual suspects. The funding included an additional 16,000 border patrol and ICE agents. Bush refused to build the wall even though he had a decent amount of money allocated for it. He refused to hire the additional border patrol officers. Then he took hundreds of our best border agents and sent them over to patrol the Iraq-Syria border to keep foreign terrorists from entering Iraq via Syria so they could fight our troops. Yer goin' soft, Stoner...
We've had a succession of incompetent presidents. It's one of the virtues of democracy. An incompetent immature electorate elects leadership that appeals to their own level.
My personal belief is that President Trump has been co-opted. He is no longer calling the shots, and will find a way to back out of another campaign promise. The ONLY reasons I voted for him and still support him are as follows. Build a wall, deport all illegal immigrants, end birthright citizenship, extreme vetting of refugees, lock Her up, drain the swamp, normalize relations with Russia, QUIT STARTING WARS as in Syria, and return government and the elected to living under the same laws as the rest of us. So far NADA, seriously NADA. The Stock Market is a natural, there is a HUGE bubble that when it pops......5% support for Trump? He tantalizes with words, and delivers nothing but bluster.
Exercising rights is only radical to two people, Tyrants and Slaves. Which are YOU? Our ignorance has driven us into slavery and we do not recognize it.
It is my personal opinion that he has not been 'co-opted" - He is instead, an habitual liar and a self-centered POS. "we are tartets from evil doers!!!" [ and ] U looked up birfer on the dcitionary. It isn't a movie. "Listen piece of shit. Call me anti American again and your're banned. I don't like you." - aka stoned -
#2. To: buckeroo (#0)
Trump reportedly plans to end DACA — and the young immigrants who depend on the program are in 'panic mode'
#3. To: buckeroo (#0)
#4. To: buckeroo (#0)
but the protection allows them to receive authorization to work legally in the US ... may have on the nearly 800,000 immigrants who benefit from it.
#5. To: misterwhite (#4)
Sure, we feel for these people
#6. To: buckeroo (#0)
Title: Trump reportedly plans to end DACA — and the young immigrants who depend on the program are in 'panic mode'
#7. To: Tooconservative (#6)
It is up to Congress to determine such matters.
#8. To: Tooconservative, *Border Invasion* (#6)
#9. To: rlk (#2)
" They aren't immigrants. They are God damned invaders. Brought upon us with Obama's manipulation. "
#10. To: Stoner (#9)
(Edited)
Yep ! Not going to defend Obutthole, but to be honest, El Jorgeo Busho contributed to the mess. He did not want to keep them out. He even wanted the Border Patrol to stand down, and prosecuted a couple agents. What a POS he was !!!
What a POS he was !!!
#11. To: Stoner (#9)
Not going to defend Obutthole, but to be honest, El Jorgeo Busho contributed to the mess. He did not want to keep them out. He even wanted the Border Patrol to stand down, and prosecuted a couple agents. What a POS he was !
#12. To: buckeroo (#0)
(Edited)
#13. To: jeremiad (#12)
My personal belief is that President Trump has been co-opted.
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