Though he ran for president saying he would end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals President Donald Trump has taken a middle approach to the program. Started by Obama through an executive order it lets people brought illegally to the U.S.when they were under 16 to obtain renewable two-year work and education permits after passing background checks.
Obama had majorities in the House and Senate in 2008 after he was elected president. He could have tried to pass DACA legislatively but he didnt. Republican opposition was too strong. Instead he made an end-run around Congress despite Congresss constitutional responsibility for such matters. He implemented it through executive order in 2012. Had Obama got legislative agreement the dreamers" status wouldnt be a question now.
Trump asserted that the executive order violated the Constitution. Once in office he tried to save it and make it Constitutional by having Congress encode the program into law. He also said he would sign DACA legislation as long as Congress also funded the border wall.
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Though he ran for president saying he would end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals President Donald Trump has taken a middle approach to the program. Started by Obama through an executive order it lets people brought illegally to the U.S.when they were under 16 to obtain renewable two-year work and education permits after passing background checks.
Obama had majorities in the House and Senate in 2008 after he was elected president. He could have tried to pass DACA legislatively but he didnt. Republican opposition was too strong. Instead he made an end-run around Congress despite Congresss constitutional responsibility for such matters. He implemented it through executive order in 2012. Had Obama got legislative agreement the dreamers" status wouldnt be a question now.
Trump asserted that the executive order violated the Constitution. Once in office he tried to save it and make it Constitutional by having Congress encode the program into law. He also said he would sign DACA legislation as long as Congress also funded the border wall.
Read the rest of the article at The Stream