What’s Happening with Trump’s Immigration Laws? The Latest on Who Is Safe and Who Isn’t Aidan Quigley - Newsweek | |
go to original June 19, 2017 |
California Bucks Trump's Immigration Policy (The Young Turks)
The Trump administration announced last week it would continue the Obama administration's policy allowing Dreamers, undocumented immigrants who came to country as young children, to remain in the United States.
The decision continues, at least temporarily, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA program. DACA protects from deportation roughly 750,000 undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children and allows them to acquire work permits.
The DHS announced Thursday that the memorandum creating DACA “will remain in effect” and DACA enrollees “will continue to be eligible” to renew work permits. No permits “will be terminated prior to their current expiration dates,” the department said.
The same night, however, the administration canceled a never-enacted policy that would protect undocumented parents of U.S. citizens from deportation. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly revoked the Obama administration’s Deferred Action for Parents of Americans program, ensuring the policy will not be enacted in the near-future.
Trump’s moves fulfill his campaign pledge to revoke DAPA, but violates his pledge to also eliminate DACA. Trump called DACA unconstitutional and said he would “immediately terminate” it during the campaign. Since taking office, however, Trump has softened his tone on young undocumented immigrants, saying the administration was focused on deporting criminals.
It's unclear how long his new stance might last. Administration officials pushed back Friday morning on the narrative that the administration had moved to protect DACA.
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