President Donald Trump's administration is winding down DACA.
He punted the highly-charged political football from the executive branch and now it's in
Congress' hands and they've got a six-month deadline.
How does the wind-down work?
Will deportations happen?
And what if Congress doesn't act in time to legislate a solution?
This is azcentral rewind.
"These are young people who study in our schools, they are Americans in their heart and their
minds in every single way but one: on paper."
President Obama announced DACA or the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, in 2012.
You can hear the frustration in his voice.
That's because passing immigration reform is kind of like not trying to spoil "Game
of Thrones" for your one coworker who hasn't seen the latest episode.
Spoiler alert: It's easier said than done.
When the government does get close, it fumbles.
Obama's executive action allowed some immigrants who entered the country illegally as children,
often with their parents, to obtain temporary protection from deportation and work permits
which then allowed them to get driver's licenses.
It did not give them any legal status or immunity if they committed a crime.
And DACA recipients cannot receive federal benefits like welfare and food stamps.
DACA was meant to be a band-aid until Congress legislated a long-term solution to the country's
immigration issues.
And Congress tried.
In 2013, a bi-partisan group of senators called the "Gang of Eight" took on immigration reform
and passed legislation in the Senate only to have it never come to vote in the House.
During his campaign, Trump ran as a hardliner on immigration and said he would rescind DACA
"On day one."
And he once called DACA "illegal amnesty."
"We will immediately terminate President Obama's two illegal amnesties."
Many agree, saying DACA was an illegal immigration action by the executive branch that should
only be done by Congress.
But Congress doesn't have a good track record when it comes to immigration.
Trump also said this, about Dreamers:
"We're going to show great heart.
DACA is a very, very difficult subject for me.
I will tell you."
"Where are we now?"
"The program known as DACA that was effectuated under the Obama administration is being rescinded."
There are around 800,000 DACA recipients, or "dreamers," in the United States and many
now feel like they're in a state of limbo.
The government has stopped accepted DACA applications, but first-time applicants who submitted their
paperwork before Sept. 5th will still be processed.
And, any DACA permits expiring after March 5th, 2018, will not be renewed.
That means they can no longer work legally in the U.S.
Are deportations coming? Trump says no, "unless they are criminals, are involved in criminal
activity or are members of a gang."
Here's the issue: On one hand you have hundreds of thousands of people without immigration
status who had little-to-no say in coming to this country who now live, work and go
to school here and for all intents and purposes are Americans, except on paper.
Unless Congress acts, most of these immigrants will have no way to legalize their immigration
status even if they try under our current immigration system -- which many argue is
broken.
That means these immigrants can end up being deported to a country they have never really
known or will be forced to return to living in society's shadows.
But, on the other hand, there are those who argue that no matter how sympathetic the so-called
"dreamers" are, the U.S. is a nation of laws.
Not all immigrants who want to come here can be accepted and by giving "dreamers" work
permits, jobs are being taken away from Americans.
"And also deny jobs to hundreds of thousands of Americans by allowing those same illegal
aliens to take those jobs."
So, what's next?
Trump gave Congress a six-month window on dealing with DACA.
He also said if Congress doesn't act, he'll revisit the issue.
House Speaker Republican Paul Ryan seems to be on board.
"While we deal with this issue, which the president just gave time to deal with, I think
it's only reasonable that we deal with the root cause of the problem: open borders."
But Congress has a lot on its plate over the next six months.
There's a push for tax reform, funding for hurricane releif efforts, a looming debt-ceiling
battle and, of course, North Korea's nuclear program.
Attorneys general from 15 states are challenging Trump's decision saying ending the program
would damage states from lost tax revenue, it would hurt college enrollment and other
things.
So, for now all "dreamers" can hope for is Congress running Trump's punt back for a touchdown
or at least kicking a field goal.
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