Pavlich: Dems bluff on DACAThe Hill, Jan 10, 2018, Katie Pavlich
We’re just days away from a government shutdown and Democrats are still attempting to write the rules, despite being in the minority.
Back in September, President Trump ended Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program from the executive branch and kicked it over to Congress where it belongs. “Congress, get ready to do your job — DACA!†he tweeted.
From the beginning, when President Obama unconstitutionally implemented the program, the protections for those brought into America illegally by their parents were temporary. After all, the “D†in DACA stands for “deferred†and the courts ruled the issue can’t be implemented solely through an executive order.
“Every DOJ and DHS lawyer says DACA is unconstitutional. Every other legal scholar — right and left — says the same thing. Trump didn’t end DACA, the law did. That said, I worked and succeeded to give the Congress another six months to do something,†White House chief of staff John Kelly said at the time.
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