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SpankMe

(3,653 posts)
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 03:44 PM Aug 2017

Trump Likely to End DACA Immigrant Program [View all]

Source: NBCNews.com

President Donald Trump appears likely to pull the plug on DACA, the Obama-era program allowing young people who came to the U.S. illegally as children to remain here, several government officials said Friday.

Administration officials said the Department of Homeland Security sent a recommendation to the White House earlier this week on what to do, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions discussed the program with senior officials Thursday at the White House. Sessions has been a consistent opponent of the program, formally known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

As many as 1 million immigrants could be affected.

More than 800,000 are now covered by the policy and can legally apply for work permits. Immigrant rights groups said 200,000 young people have sought DACA status since Trump became president.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-likely-end-daca-immigrant-program-n796091



Pure asshole. The man and his administration are vile assholes...every last one of them.
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