DACA is being phased out; it's now official. The Attorney General made the announcement this morning. I've read four reports in different media outlets about this and the one thing that struck me is how this is all portrayed politically. There's coverage of some of the terms of the phase out, but each article makes the point that Democrats "support" DACA while Republicans "oppose" DACA and that this will hurt the GOP among Hispanics. It's seems as if it's the official media mantra on the subject.
So is it true that Democrats support DACA and Republicans opposed it? We should know that rather quickly. The Trump plan for DACA gives Congress six months to pass legislation that would make the program legal. The Obama executive order was unconstitutional; indeed, a lawsuit threatened by ten states to overturn DACA was the impetus for Trump's new plan. Only an act of Congress can "legalize" the DACA participants.
Surely, there will be bills put forward in both the House and Senate to extend the DACA program with some modifications. Will the Democrats vote for that program? What if the DACA extension is joined with construction of the border wall and full funding for that endeavor? Would Democrats refuse to extend DACA and help the 800,000 participants if it meant building a border wall at a cost of fifteen billion dollars? And if they won't vote for that compromise, why is that?
So is it true that Democrats support DACA and Republicans opposed it? We should know that rather quickly. The Trump plan for DACA gives Congress six months to pass legislation that would make the program legal. The Obama executive order was unconstitutional; indeed, a lawsuit threatened by ten states to overturn DACA was the impetus for Trump's new plan. Only an act of Congress can "legalize" the DACA participants.
Surely, there will be bills put forward in both the House and Senate to extend the DACA program with some modifications. Will the Democrats vote for that program? What if the DACA extension is joined with construction of the border wall and full funding for that endeavor? Would Democrats refuse to extend DACA and help the 800,000 participants if it meant building a border wall at a cost of fifteen billion dollars? And if they won't vote for that compromise, why is that?
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