Ledger · First term · № 142

Merit-based immigration order and a DACA fix 'in four weeks'

Never delivered
“[paraphrase] We're going to have a road to citizenship... I'm going to be signing a big immigration bill in about four weeks.”
Promised
, Telemundo interview with Jose Diaz-Balart
Stated deadline
“in about four weeks” → August 8, 2020
Overdue by
6 years, 1 month as of September 22, 2026
Re-promised
3 times with a fresh deadline
Topic
Immigration
Era
First term

What happened

The White House walked back 'road to citizenship' within days. Four weeks passed with no bill and no executive order, and none ever appeared before Trump left office. What DHS did issue, on July 28, 2020, was a memo restricting new DACA applications, which federal courts later struck down.

Sources

  1. H-1B Visas And Trump's Next 'Merit-Based' Immigration Plan Forbes, Aug 6, 2020
  2. Trump offers confusion, contradictions on immigration order WUSA9 / AP, Jul 14, 2020