The Trump administration said Tuesday it was ending an Obama-era program allowing young people who came to the country illegally as children to live here free from fear of deportation.
“The program known as DACA that was effectuated under the Obama administration is being rescinded,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced in a televised statement.
President Trump released a written statement that cast President Obama’s creation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program as going beyond his constitutional responsibilities.
“There can be no path to principled immigration reform if the executive branch is able to rewrite or nullify federal laws at will,” Trump said.
DACA recipients, commonly known as “Dreamers,” are undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children. They had passed background checks and paid a fee to get deferral from deportation and a work permit. Obama put the program in place through a 2012 executive order. Approximately 800,000 people are recipients under the program.
“Congress now has the opportunity to advance responsible immigration reform that puts American jobs and American security first,” Trump said.
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JUST IN: Sessions announces Trump rescinding DACA, asking Congress for a solution https://t.co/aAqEgixx7X pic.twitter.com/cBEovjijfx
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