In a filing Thursday in federal district court in Texas, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced that it is rescinding the Obama Administration's November 20, 2014, memorandum that ordered relaxed enforcement of immigration laws against certain categories of illegal immigrants.
The program was created by President Barack Obama in 2014 to protect people living in the United States illegally who have children who are USA citizens or legal residents.
White House officials said Friday morning that Mr. Trump had not made a decision about the long-term fate of the program and might yet follow through on a campaign pledge to take away work permits from the immigrants or deport them. A memorandum by Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said the DACA program "will remain in effect".
The program was created under former President Barack Obama with the intention to protect from deportation an estimated 3.5 million undocumented parents of children who are either citizens or permanent residents, while providing them a two-year renewable work permit. As of March 31, about 787,000 young immigrants have been approved for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, according to government data.
The program has granted temporary work permits and reprieves from deportation to almost 800,000 people living in the USA illegally. On the short list of good things President Trump has done, this relief provided to young, hard-working immigrants is first and foremost. The administration won't act to terminate current work permits prior to their expiration dates. By keeping open the possibility of ending DACA, though, he preserves his bargaining power - i.e., his ability, perhaps, to get something from Democrats in exchange for a final decision to retain DACA.
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Community organizers for CT Students for a Dream and undocumented immigrant Anghy Idrovo said in the statement that others like him who do not qualify for DACA will continue living in fear of deportation.
"It's very, very 'wishy-washy.' We don't really know what he's going to do", said Maria, referring to Thursday's announcement by the Trump administration to continue the 5-year program granting temporary legal status to about 800,000 people.
The same night, however, the administration canceled a never-enacted policy that would protect undocumented parents of USA citizens from deportation.
NBC 7 spoke to a local immigration lawyer who said the decision to rescind DAPA will not impact Dreamers. "While Dreamers remain protected under DACA it is of little comfort to children whose parents are now at risk of being deported from this country".
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