The Briefing Room
General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: 240B on August 25, 2017, 06:25:27 pm
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Axios
Jonathan Swan
19 hrs ago
President Trump is seriously considering ending DACA, the Obama-era policy that shields some illegal immigrants from deportation, before conservative state attorneys general file a court challenge to the program.
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Why this matters: If Trump rescinds the program, it will affect a huge number of people. At least 750,000 people currently have DACA status. Despite promising on the campaign trail to immediately rescind DACA, Trump has wavered since taking office, saying he feels for these children who were brought to the country through no fault of their own. The Trump administration has continued to issue new permits under the program, and with its future unclear, many families are confused and anxious about their futures.
What the administration believes: The Trump administration doesn't believe it has the legal authority to maintain the current program; and DHS has made clear that if Congress wants to keep the principles of DACA in place, it would need to introduce legislation to do so.
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https://www.axios.com/trump-seriously-considering-ending-daca-2476724345.html
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Get rid of it.
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Get rid of it.
Why should trump give up his dacha? Just doesn't right.
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Why should trump give up his dacha? Just doesn't right.
Just for the "h" of it.
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Just for the "h" of it.
Lets get the "h" out then!
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He was considering removing all the exemptions Obama put in Obamacare for Congress members and staff IIRC. Still waiting for it!
Considering doesn't cut it! I want ACTION!!!
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He was considering removing all the exemptions Obama put in Obamacare for Congress members and staff IIRC. Still waiting for it!
Considering doesn't cut it! I want ACTION!!!
I thought that was due to them already having their own healthcare plan?
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I thought that was due to them already having their own healthcare plan?
For which they recieve huge subsidies that he SHOULD have ended long ago!
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He was considering removing all the exemptions Obama put in Obamacare for Congress members and staff IIRC. Still waiting for it!
Considering doesn't cut it! I want ACTION!!!
:thumbsup:
Someone let me know if and when he actually does something, not when or if he MIGHT do something.
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For which they recieve huge subsidies that he SHOULD have ended long ago!
Many workers have a huge portion of their healthcare subsidized by their employer. I don't think the level for Congress is above the average American worker's subsidy percentage.
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He was considering removing all the exemptions Obama put in Obamacare for Congress members and staff IIRC. Still waiting for it!
Considering doesn't cut it! I want ACTION!!!
This issue will now be included on "the list" Trumpers present us with all the conservative things Trump has accomplished.
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Don't mend it.
END it.
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I have been harping on this for months, it's one of my pet peeves, this was a damn obummer EO, the easiest EO's to get rid of, yet here we are 8 months later, still TALKING about it...pppphhhhhffffttt.