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REPORT: Trump Makes Decision On DACA

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President Donald Trump will reportedly put an end to former President Barack Obama’s 2012 executive order deferring deportation of some 800,000 so-called “Dreamers” by ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA).

According to sources from Politico and the Associated Press, President Trump will end the program in six months, enabling Congress time to potentially draft and pass legislation protecting the illegal immigrants from deportation.

“The delay in the formal dismantling of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program would be intended to give Congress time to decide whether it wants to address the status of the so-called Dreamers in legislation, according to two people familiar with the president’s thinking,” reports AP. “But it was not immediately clear how the six-month delay would work in practice and what would happen to people who currently have work permits under the program, or whose permits expire during the six-month stretch.”

The president is expected to announce his decision on DACA this Tuesday, the day some Republicans have threatened to sue the administration if Trump neglects to rescind the unconstitutional act.

“The expected move would come as the White House faces a Tuesday deadline set by Republican state officials threatening to continue sue the Trump administration if the president did not end the program,” notes AP.

During the 2016 presidential election, Trump ripped then-President Obama for his executive overreach in implementing DACA and said he would end the program upon taking the White House. The tough talk has been tamped down since Trump’s inauguration.

In February, for instance, Trump said DACA is “a very, very difficult subject for me. … To me, it’s one of the most difficult subjects I have.”

“You have some absolutely incredible kids — I would say mostly,” he added. “I love these kids.”

As noted by left-wing Vox, “Most of the immigrants protected by the program are in their 20s — or even as old as 35” and not exactly “kids.”

Since Trump’s election, his administration has “continued to process applications and renew DACA work permits, to the dismay of immigration hard-liners,” notes AP.

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