DACA…
Donald Trump has struck again. In his first official day back to work on Tuesday for the fall political season, Trump put an end to the DACA program, throwing nearly 1 million US residents into limbo.
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The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (or DACA), was created by former President Barack Obama to protect roughly 800,000 young undocumented immigrants who were brought to the US as children from being deported. Instead of sending them back to countries they never knew, DACA was created to offer them the ability to continue to work and study in the US and contribute positively to society. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Trump’s decision to end DACA with a statement from the Department of Homeland Security.
“The Department of Homeland Security urges DACA recipients to use the time remaining on their work authorizations to prepare for and arrange their departure from the United States — including proactively seeking travel documentation — or to apply for other immigration benefits for which they may be eligible,” the DHS statement said.
DHS spokesman David Lapan later chimed in, saying “We would encourage persons who are in the country illegally to depart voluntarily or seek another form of immigration benefit for which they might qualify. No one has an entitlement to live in the United States illegally. Individuals have an independent obligation to comply with the laws that Congress passes, in all contexts.”
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Former President Obama was so angry at Trump for dismantling DACA, that he broke his months-long silence against criticizing his successor and lit into “The Donald,” calling his actions “cruel” and “self-defeating.”
“To target these young people is wrong — because they have done nothing wrong,” Mr. Obama wrote in a Facebook post. “It is self-defeating — because they want to start new businesses, staff our labs, serve in our military, and otherwise contribute to the country we love. And it is cruel.”
“It’s a political decision, and a moral question,” the former president wrote. “Whatever concerns or complaints Americans may have about immigration in general, we shouldn’t threaten the future of this group of young people who are here through no fault of their own, who pose no threat, who are not taking away anything from the rest of us.”
“This is about whether we are a people who kick hopeful young strivers out of America, or whether we treat them the way we’d want our own kids to be treated,” Mr. Obama continued. “It’s about who we are as a people — and who we want to be.”
Former President Bill Clinton also joined Mr. Obama in denouncing Trump’s move.
“It’s wrong because it’s bad policy that solves no pressing problem and raises new ones. It’s wrong because it’s irresponsible, passing the buck instead of offering sensible solutions for immigration reform. Most of all, it’s wrong because it’s cruel to send these young people to places many of them have never lived and do not know. For them this is home. The United States is their home,” Mr. Clinton said Tuesday.
The nearly 1 million people living in America (also known as DREAMers) under the DACA program were brought to the US by their parents while they were infants. They are here by no fault of their own and this is the only country they know. By ending the DACA program, Donald Trump is prepared to deport all of them back to the country of their origin and a land which is foreign and unfamiliar to them.
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Trump has been trying to bait Obama into a fight for a while so looks like he finally got his wish. I know he was hot. But this is all stupid because like Bill Clinton said it doesn’t fix any problem. All it does it makes his base feel powerful they could run mexicans out and make America white again. So sad. And what about all the latinos who voted for him. I wonder what they are thinking now.