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August 25, 2017

Immigration Activists Warn Trump Admin. May Soon Cancel DACA Program
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Meanwhile, immigrant rights advocates say President Trump could soon
cancel DACA-Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals-a policy granting
legal protection to nearly 800,000 young undocumented immigrants to live
and work in the United States. The acting heads of the Department of
Homeland Security and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency
(ICE) met this week to discuss DACA's future, as Republican governors
from ten states threatened to sue the Trump administration if it doesn't
cancel DACA by September 5th. It's not clear whether Trump and Attorney
General Jeff Sessions would mount a defense of DACA in court, and the
federal judge who would preside over a court challenge, Andrew Hanen,
previously ruled against President Obama's immigration policies.
Meanwhile, Mc Clatchy reported this week that top Trump advisers,
including General John Kelly-Trump's chief of staff-along with Jared
Kushner and Ivanka Trump, are pushing a deal that would preserve DACA in
exchange for legislation that pays for a border wall and more detention
facilities, curbs legal immigration, and implements the E-verify program
to check immigration statuses. In response, Lorella Praeli of the
American Civil Liberties Union, said, "We have 800,000 examples of why
DACA strengthens America and why this program should stay in place. DACA
is successful, popular, and constitutional, and should stay on the books
until Congress passes a clean legislative solution to address Dreamers'
status."


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