Ending DACA

DriveInDriveOut

Inordinately Right
In 2012, Obama Admitted That DACA Would Be 'Temporary'

Despite an angry statement about President Trump’s decision to rescind DACA, former President Barack Obama admitted in 2012 that the program was intended to be temporary.

During a speech announcing the new Department of Homeland Security Policy, Obama explained that the protections for dreamers were just “temporary relief.”

“In the next few months, eligible individuals who do not present a risk to national security or public safety will be able to request temporary relief from deportation proceedings and apply for work authorization,” Obama said. “Let’s be clear: this is not amnesty, this is not immunity, this is not a path to citizenship, this is not a permanent fix.”

“This is a temporary stop-gap measure that lets us focus our resources wisely while giving a degree of relief and hope to talented, driven, and patriotic young people,” he concluded. “It is the right thing to do.”
Uh, ya, genius, that's the point.
DHS is using prosecutorial discretion to focus on criminals because they have limited resources. Has something changed in their funding or capabilities that now allows them to shift the focus to educated law-abiding tax payers?
 

DriveInDriveOut

Inordinately Right
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rod

Retired 23 years
For tax purposes, no, they all pay.
Immigrants have paid a trillion into social security, I say open the gates.


I have nothing against LEGAL immigration.------and yes there should be set quotas. We don't have an endless supply of jobs, housing, infrastructure, school rooms etc. There has to be limits.
 

MAKAVELI

Well-Known Member
no not really, it just made it so they didnt get deported, they were still in limbo with daca. The reasoning bevause it wasnt a permanent solution
As long as the program was active they would not be deported and could legally work. They had faith that Drumpf would at least continue the program. DACA gave them hope that they could eventually have permanent legal status. And Drumpf snatched the rug from underneath them.
 
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