When Congress returns to Washington tomorrow after its more-than-month long vacation, it will be greeted by President Donald Trump’s long-awaited announcement on the fate of the controversial DACA (Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals) program for illegal immigrants.
President Barack Obama created DACA through executive order on June 15, 2012, to provide young immigrants who entered the country illegally with their parents with a de facto amnesty program.
Through DACA, approximately 850,000 individuals received special permits that allow them to remain in the United States, to pursue their education and/or work.
At the time, many Republicans complained the action was unconstitutional and that only Congress could provide such a change to immigration law.
While campaigning for president in 2016, Donald Trump promised to end the DACA program and deport those who are in the United States illegally. Tomorrow’s anticipated announcement is expected to end the program, but provide for a six-month implementation delay to allow Congress to consider a legislative remedy to the problem.
On the next page, find out which Republicans are balking at the end of the program and which are likely to support legislation to allow it to continue.
As they collect a paycheck from George Soros!!!
Why is it that the GOP used valuable time grandstanding against issues when Obama was in office, and refuse to make changes on the same issues now that Trump is in office?
RINO revolt (revolting)…! They are not the GOP…! Traitors all !!!
If they insist on keeping it, how about them funding themselves like American college kids have to do, work and earn instead of hand outs and freebies!
It should not be a tax payer issue or problem.
We need to drain the swamp the old fashion way, forcefully.
I would love to move back to SC so I could vote against this jerk
So sick of this stuff
The sooner these turn coat are voted out of office the better
Follow the money trail, these people are being bought out!
Congress needs to quit bitching about it and come up with a workable plan whereby DACA persons can become citizens legally.