Broken Promise? Trump Still Hasn’t Ended DACA
Throughout the 2016 campaign, President Donald Trump vowed to roll back President Obama's unconstitutional Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) amnesty on his very first day. During a notable prime-time campaign speech in Arizona that focused exclusively on his immigration positions, President Trump said he would “immediately terminate President Obama’s illegal executive amnesty in which he defied federal law and the Constitution.” (Transcript of Trump Immigration Speech) Yet, more than two months into the Trump administration, the unlawful DACA program remains in effect as if President Obama was still in office.
Each day that the program is not ended sends a welcoming message to illegal aliens and signals to the American people that our government is not serious about enforcing our immigration laws. The DACA program—instituted in 2012— grants approximately 750,000 illegal aliens a reprieve from deportation, provides work authorization for two years, and makes certain illegal alien minors eligible for some taxpayer benefits. (See FAIR Legislative update, Jan, 24, 2017) According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), it is still accepting and processing DACA requests under the existing policy. In 2016, USCIS processed about 750 DACA applications and renewals each day. (See USCIS DACA Numbers, 2016)
Despite his firm commitment to repeal DACA during the campaign, President Trump and his administration have hesitated to revoke it. In January, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, a long-time advocate for amnesty, said that President Trump will work with Congress to find a “solution” for illegal aliens who benefited from DACA, rather than immediately rescinding the unconstitutional amnesty program....
CAIRCO Note
DACA requires a renewal every two years and will expire in August, 2017. Even if it is not terminated prior to that date, it is highly likely that President Trump will not renew DACA. Ever.
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