The LA Times is reporting that the Trump administration is contemplating ways to repeal the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known also as DACA.
Public outrage over the recent travel ban has apparently made the administration wary in going forward with dismantling the DACA program. According to various outlets, the White House has a DACA-related executive order ready to go, but President Trump has been hesitant in signing it.
Instead, the Times details two strategies the administration might go forward with to deal with the 750,000 so-called DREAMers who have obtained work permits under the program. The DACA program was put in place by President Obama as an executive order to allow certain undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as minors to get a work permit and to be protected from deportation on a two-year renewable basis.
Guests:
Angelica Salas, Executive Director and lead attorney of Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA)
Steve Camarota, Director of Research at the Center for Immigration Studies based in DC