The Trump White House has announced it will end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which was made law through executive action under President Obama. The announcement will be made official this afternoon.
The program allowed illegal immigrants who came to the country as children to stay. And while Trump will end the program, he will allow some of the so-called “DREAMers” to remain in America.
This is a bombshell announcement. President Trump has publicly struggled with this issue. On one hand, he recognizes the need for compassion. On the other, he sees that a program like DACA needs to be passed into law by Congress – it can’t be unilaterally enacted the way Obama did it.
A compassionate country follows the rule of law. In this case, the rule of law won.
Here is more information from Fox News:
IT'S OFFICIAL @POTUS will end #DACA as it currently exists pic.twitter.com/EFFD0CN8bA
— GITMO KAG2020 🇺🇸 (@President1Trump) August 31, 2017
Both liberal and conservative commentators were critical of President Trump’s actions over Twitter:
Children shouldn't suffer because of the decisions of their parents, especially when they have tried to make things right. #DACA
— Russell Moore (@drmoore) August 31, 2017
We cannot let @RealDonaldTrump tear apart families and harm our economy by ending #DACA. RT if you agree: We must #DefendDACA. pic.twitter.com/R7Cj9UVqy6
— Senator Jeff Merkley (@SenJeffMerkley) August 31, 2017
The end of #DACA would rip apart families, instill fear in communities, make our nation less safe, and hurt our economy.
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) August 31, 2017
Many businesses warned President Trump to not go through with this initiative. They cited a drop in the number of qualified employees for positions. One study even estimated that 700,000 positions could be left empty thanks to DACA’s repeal. But, in my opinion, that just leaves 700,000 positions to be filled by native-born Americans.
Whatever its ultimate effect, you can be sure the left is going to go berserk over this policy. Even though it’s likely unconstitutional, liberals will paint Trump into a living monster, much as they have over the past eight months.
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