Officially, President Trump ending DACA was announced September 5th via US Attorney General Jeff Sessions reading from a prepared statement outlining immigration policy, philosophy, and the phase-out process. A six-month grace period is being implemented. If news sources had anything in-sync after AG Sessions spoke, it was reporting the discontinuation of DACA–Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
“The program known as DACA that was effectuated under the Obama administration is being rescinded,” said AG Sessions via a televised broadcast. Effectively, applications for DACA are history. Formerly, children of immigrants had to render applications from which an approval meant federal benefits to include educational assistance, renewable work permits, and opportunity to enlist in the military.
Th announcement sparked a whirl of protests by DACA defenders chanting for amnesty and marching against immigrant deportations.
“Congress now has 6 months to legalize DACA (something the Obama Administration was unable to do). If they can’t, I will revisit this issue!”
Started by former president Barrack Obama in 2012, President Trump sharply described Obama’s DACA initiative as a program that took away from Americans while freely giving to illegal immigrants’ children, tweeting:
https://twitter.com/The_Trump_Train/status/905040389610057728
In a prepared statement posted on WhiteHouse.gov, President Trump delineated several points regarding the program relegated for those also known as “DREAMers,” saying, “The DACA program was never intended to be permanent—even President Obama admitted it was a temporary, extraordinary measure. And President Obama repeatedly recognized that such unilateral actions were in excess of the Executive’s appropriate role.”
What then-President Obama said in 2011 was, “…there are enough laws on the books by Congress that are very clear in terms of how we have to enforce our immigration system that for me to simply through Executive order ignore those congressional mandates would not conform with my appropriate role as President.” It apparently went the other direction, one funded by taxpayers.
In his prepared retort jeering President Trump, Obama claimed a “shadow has been cast over some of our best and brightest young people once again. To target these young people is wrong – because they have done nothing wrong. 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.”
Ultimately, President Trump maintains his heavy lean towards American citizens and seeks to fulfill his campaign promises:
I look forward to working w/ D's + R's in Congress to address immigration reform in a way that puts hardworking citizens of our country 1st.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 5, 2017
“Congress now has 6 months to legalize DACA (something the Obama Administration was unable to do). If they can’t, I will revisit this issue!” said President Trump.
AG Sessions colorized the Trump presidency and its adherence to constitutional principles and rule of law, stating, “We are a people of compassion and we are a people of law. But there is nothing compassionate about the failure to enforce immigration laws. Enforcing the law saves lives, protects communities and taxpayers, and prevents human suffering. Failure to enforce the laws in the past has put our nation at risk of crime, violence and even terrorism.”
