President Trump Promises a Forthcoming Executive Action on Immigration and DACA
Saturday, July 11, 2020
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President Trump on Friday floated a somewhat confusing picture of an executive action on immigration he is considering taking in the coming weeks. At times he called the forthcoming action as a bill that he would sign. At other times he referred to it as an executive order. And at still other times he referred to it as an executive order bill. The President also at times suggested that the action would include a "road to citizenship" for individuals protected by the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. But he also in the same sentence indicated that the action would not include any protections for persons currently protected by DACA. The President's remarks were made during a wide-ranging Friday, July 10, 2020, interview with Telemundo's Jose Diaz-Balart. The exchange between them on immigration was previewed Friday evening on MSNBC's "Meet the Press Daily,"
In the exchange with Diaz-Balart on immigration, President Trump alternately said that he is about to sign either "a big immigration bill" or a "big executive order" or a "major immigration bill as an executive order" that will give DACA beneficiaries "a road to citizenship," a power that he erroneously contended the Supreme Court had just given him.
In the excerpt, the President contends of DACA and his promised executive action, "we will put it in" and then "we are probably then going to be taking it out," explaining that "we are working out the legal complexities right now."
In the exchange with Diaz-Balart on immigration, President Trump alternately said that he is about to sign either "a big immigration bill" or a "big executive order" or a "major immigration bill as an executive order" that will give DACA beneficiaries "a road to citizenship," a power that he erroneously contended the Supreme Court had just given him.
In the excerpt, the President contends of DACA and his promised executive action, "we will put it in" and then "we are probably then going to be taking it out," explaining that "we are working out the legal complexities right now."
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