Obama to speak out if Trump ends DACA
Source: Politico
By MICHAEL GRUNWALD 09/04/2017 12:31 AM EDT Updated 09/04/2017 01:11 AM EDT
Former President Barack Obama plans to speak out if President Donald Trump declares his intention to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, according to a person close to Obama.
Trump is expected to announce on Tuesday that in six months, he will terminate the Obama-era DACA initiative, which grants two-year work permits to undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and stayed out of trouble. POLITICO first reported the news.
Obama used executive actions to launch the program in June 2012, providing assurances before his re-election that he would protect the so-called "Dreamers." Trump had suggested in the past that he didnt want to deport Dreamers, saying in April that they should rest easy, but the immigration hawks in his administration have argued that DACA is an illegal program.
Obamas current plan is to post a statement on Facebook and link to it on Twitter, where the former president has more than 94 million followers. In his final presidential press availability, he suggested that he would speak out if Trump went after the Dreamers and that it was one of the few issues where he would feel morally compelled to do so. He said he would not remain silent in the face of efforts to round up kids who have grown up here and for all practical purposes are American kids, and send them someplace else, when they love this country.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/04/obama-trump-dreamers-daca-242303?lo=ap_a1
Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)If Trump and the majority of the GOP don't respect protocols of how presidents should act, then Democrats should let this arrogant asshole have it x 100!
dalton99a
(81,707 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)I can't imagine how it feels to Dreamers or anyone else who might not have American citizenship.
Maybe Trump is just playing this game so he can say he tried to end DACA as he promised his ignorant white wing racist base. Then again, maybe he is intent on deporting these people but hopes that by 6 months the anger will have worn off.
Despite the Nationalists and America Firsters -- and it is on both sides -- this is no way to create more jobs for white folks.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)woodsprite
(11,941 posts)dhill926
(16,388 posts)with nothing better to do with their lives, than flood the comments sections. Happens with every immigration story in the LA Times...
kimbutgar
(21,283 posts)Innocent people.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,459 posts)Stuart G
(38,458 posts)Obama cares about the dreamers....
He said he would not remain silent in the face of efforts to round up kids who have grown up here and for all practical purposes are American kids, and send them someplace else, when they love this country.
Obama's presence on the field, trying to protect the dreamers, and standing tall in the process, could destroy Trump...Obama will point out the lie of Trump/Dump....that Trump/Dump said the dreamers could "rest easy.".................................................
Trump and his crowd think they might win the battle with Obama. (or come out even)..
Trump/Dump doesn't really know how far he has fallen with his mouth stuck up his ass. (if you can imagine.) In contrast, Obama's stature has risen because of the obvious comparison to Trump/Dump. The humiliation of the loss to Obama in the battle for public opinion, could destroy Trump/Dump...Trump/Dump's fall is inevitable
Yet, his fall as a result of a battle with Obama sure seems odd. If Trump/Dump takes on Obama, that fall is coming very soon. ...the sooner the better.. .................an addition to this....at 4:25 Eastern Time..DonViejo posted a response from Nancy Pelosi about the upcoming event...What that means is....Obama will have a whole lot of support in this battle against Trump/Dump......Lot more than Trump/Dump expected..This is going to be very ugly.....and Obama/Pelosi/dreamers will win...