Ledger · First term · № 104

Handle DACA "with heart" and protect Dreamers

Broken
“We are going to deal with DACA with heart.”
Promised
, White House press conference
Re-promised
15 times with a fresh deadline
Topic
Immigration
Era
First term

What happened

The administration announced the rescission of DACA on September 5, 2017 and rejected bipartisan legislative compromises in early 2018. On June 18, 2020 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in DHS v. Regents that the rescission was arbitrary and capricious. A federal court ordered full reinstatement of the program in December 2020. No permanent protection for roughly 650,000 to 700,000 recipients was enacted.

Sources

  1. Supreme Court blocks Trump from ending DACA in big win for Dreamers NBC News, Jun 18, 2020
  2. Terminate Barack Obama's immigration executive orders 'immediately' PolitiFact Trump-O-Meter, Jan 4, 2021
  3. President Trump's Broken Promises to the American People Office of the House Majority Leader (Hoyer), Feb 4, 2020