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The Justice Department kept pressing its case to wipe out DACA, even as the legal and political case for doing so remained shaky and increasingly costly. That hardened the perception that Trump was willing to gamble with the lives and work status of hundreds of thousands of Dreamers for a hard-line talking point.
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The Justice Department kept pressing its case to wipe out DACA, even as the legal and political case for doing so remained shaky and increasingly costly. That hardened the perception that Trump was willing to gamble with the lives and work status of hundreds of thousands of Dreamers for a hard-line talking point.
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