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Trump’s DACA wipeout keeps boomeranging
The administration’s decision to end DACA kept drawing immediate backlash from lawmakers, immigrant advocates, and business groups, with the political and legal fallout accelerating on September 6.
Edition · September 6, 2017
The Daily Fuckup — September 6, 2017
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Closing take
The day’s throughline was simple: a White House that wanted to look strong kept producing the opposite impression, one announcement at a time. The damage was already visible in the backlash, the looming lawsuits, and the growing sense that the administration was improvising across several fronts simultaneously.
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