Trump Rescinds DACA and Sets Off a Self-Inflicted Political Detonation
The administration formally moved to end DACA, setting a March 5, 2018 wind-down and igniting immediate blowback from business groups, immigrant advocates, and lawmakers who warned that the White House was blowing up the lives of young people who had already passed background checks and built lives here. The move was framed as a legal cleanup, but it landed as a harsh and avoidable political choice that put Congress on a timer and dared opponents to make the president own the consequences.
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Trump Rescinds DACA and Sets Off a Self-Inflicted Political Detonation
The administration formally moved to end DACA, setting a March 5, 2018 wind-down and igniting immediate blowback from business groups, immigrant advocates, and lawmakers who warned that the White House was blowing up the lives of young people who had already passed background checks and built lives here. The move was framed as a legal cleanup, but it landed as a harsh and avoidable political choice that put Congress on a timer and dared opponents to make the president own the consequences.
The administration formally moved to end DACA, setting a March 5, 2018 wind-down and igniting immediate blowback from business groups, immigrant advocates, and lawmakers who warned that the White House was blowing up the lives of young people who had already passed background checks and built lives here. The move was framed as a legal cleanup, but it landed as a harsh and avoidable political choice that put Congress…
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