In a move that some see as a direct attack on Mexican immigrants, Trump has finally made the decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which was created by Obama through executive order in 2012. DACA allows undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children to live and work in the country without fear of deportation.

In response to this decision, there has been a lot of talk about what could potentially happen next. Should we have any hope that Congress will step in and do something about this? Is there a chance that his decision will be overturned? And, what does this mean for all of the people currently protected under this program?

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Trump’s repeal of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program has the potential to negatively impact the lives of thousands of immigrants. DACA was a program enacted by President Barack Obama in June 2012 that directed immigration officials to defer deportation for two years for undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children and meet certain criteria. In order to qualify, applicants must have been younger than 31 on June 15, 2012, have no serious criminal history, and must be enrolled in school, have a high school degree or GED certificate, or be an honorably discharged U.S. military veteran. DACA recipients were given renewable two-year work permits and allowed to re-enter the country if they left after being granted deferred action.

On September 5th 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Trump’s decision to end the DACA program, calling it “an unconstitutional exercise of authority by the Executive Branch” and “an open-ended circumvention of immigration laws” (CNN). As a result of this announcement, Congress has six months to enact legislation to protect current DACA beneficiaries from deportation before their status expires. It is unclear what will happen to those whose work permits expire before March or who apply for renewal prior to Oct

President Donald Trump announced his plan to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, DACA, on Tuesday, Sept. 5. DACA was an Obama-era immigration policy that allowed undocumented immigrants who came to the United States before age 16 to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation and become eligible for a work permit.

The White House has given Congress six months to decide DACA’s future. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a press conference that current recipients would not be immediately affected by the decision because their temporary status will expire in March 2018 at the earliest.

After this announcement, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO, posted on his Facebook page about how he felt about this decision and wants Congress to act now.

Donald Trump has announced that he will end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, an Obama-era program that protects undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children.

As the weeks have worn on since this announcement, there have been several developments in Congress. Here are some of the highlights:

**September 5th:** Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that DACA would be repealed in six months.

**September 13th:** House Democrats introduced a measure to force a vote on a bill to protect dreamers. The bill, if it became law, would give dreamers legal status and allow them to apply for citizenship after five years.

**September 14th:** House Republicans unveiled their own legislation to provide legal protections for dreamers and increase border security spending. The bill would allow dreamers who came to the US before June 15, 2012 and were under 16 years old when they arrived to apply for a renewable 6 year period of deferred action from deportation, which would allow them to work in the US legally and obtain drivers’ licenses. It would also provide $25 billion in funding for border security over 10 years and require employers to use E-Verify, an electronic system that allows businesses to check whether potential employees can legally

The Trump administration announced this past Tuesday, September 5th, that they would be ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will stop processing new applications and renewals as of September 5th. The President gave Congress six months to create and pass a new law to address the Dreamers before the end of March. This is the beginning of what could be a long process.

What is DACA?

Enacted in 2012 by former President Obama, DACA allows qualifying undocumented individuals brought to the United States as children to receive two-year renewable work permits and protection from deportation. This policy was enacted as a temporary measure until Congress passed a law to protect Dreamers. There are approximately 800,000 Dreamers enrolled in DACA currently—over 100,000 live in California alone. More than half of DACA recipients are from Mexico—other countries include Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Peru.

To qualify for enrollment in DACA, an applicant must be under 31 years old, have arrived in the United States before age 16, lived continuously in the U.S. since 2007, have no criminal history and be enrolled in school or have a high school diploma or GED certificate. A person who is approved

The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it would end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA. President Trump’s decision to end the Obama-era program is part of a broader effort to pursue a more aggressive immigration agenda, including a push for the construction of a wall along the southern border and new restrictions on legal immigration.

In tweets the day after his announcement, President Trump called on Congress to “legalize DACA” in order to save nearly 800,000 undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children from deportation. Mr. Trump also said he would “revisit this issue” if Congress failed to act within six months.

But what exactly does President Trump mean when he says he wants Congress to “legalize DACA”? And what will happen in six months if lawmakers do not pass legislation?

Here are some questions and answers about DACA, its repeal and the next steps in the process.

At the end of June, the Trump administration announced that it would be rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which has protected nearly 800,000 undocumented young adults from deportation since 2012. DACA allows undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children, and who have not committed serious crimes, to receive renewable two-year work permits, as well as temporary protection from deportation.

Since 2001 — when former President George W. Bush introduced the DREAM Act — various versions of this type of legislation have been introduced in Congress and stalled out. With no Congressional action on immigration reform, President Obama issued an executive order establishing DACA in 2012. This executive order came at a time when there was a surge of unaccompanied children coming across the border into the United States. Many of these children were fleeing violence in Central America.

In September 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that DHS would stop accepting new applications for DACA protections and renewal effective immediately. That means those whose permits expire between today and March 5 must renew their status by October 5 — about 154,000 people are affected by this deadline. Those whose permits expire after March 5 will lose their status and work permit on their expiration date unless Congress takes action to protect them before then.

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