Trump says DACA ruling reflects 'broken' court system

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY JORDAN FABIAN - 01/10/18 09:46 AM EST

President Trump on Wednesday blasted a federal court decision preventing the administration from winding down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, his latest attack on the U.S. legal system.

Link to tweet

Trump was responding to a decision from U.S. District Judge William Alsup, which said the government cannot begin shutting down the program while the move is being challenged in court.

The Justice Department said late Tuesday it would appeal the ruling from Alsup, who was appointed by President Bill Clinton to the San Francisco-based court.

"We find this decision to be outrageous, especially in light of the President's successful bipartisan meeting with House and Senate members at the White House on the same day," White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a Wednesday statement.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/368269-trump-says-daca-ruling-reflects-broken-court-system

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. That's what he says whenever a court rules against him.

They are only ever operating correctly when they issue decisions in his favor.

[SHRED]

2. He's a dictator wannabe

[vsrazdem]

3. Give me a break. It's "outrageous"

So now the courts are supposed to base their rulings on Trumps successful bipartisan meetings.

[C Moon]

4. Damn. What a freak. Everyone else understands what "balance" means except a dictator.

[louis-t]

5. Apparently, he thinks he is the one who determines legality.

Dotard.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. WTF -"always runs to the 9th Circuit and almost always wins before being reversed by higher courts."

There is only ONE "higher court" above the Circuit court and THAT is the SCOTUS!!!!!

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

7. Refresh my memory -- wasn't DACA working okay until Trump ended it?

I thought the problem with DACA was that it was something President Obama did, and Donny Two Scoops' biggest "accomplishments" his first year was undoing every Executive Order and regulation that was created by the Best President Ever. And giving huge tax breaks to corporations and the very rich, including himself, of course.

[Kathy M]

8. Obama expanded Act ...... read the second article DACA would expire March 5 2018 since Elaine

Duke set expiration of DACA in Sept of 2017 , statement is the last paragraph quoted in post . This is up to Congress to fix

" In November 2014 President Barack Obama announced his intention to expand DACA to cover additional illegal immigrants. "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deferred_Action_for_Childhood_Arrivals

"The first version of the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act was introduced in 2001. As a result, young undocumented immigrants have since been called Dreamers. Over the last 16 years, numerous versions of the Dream Act have been introduced, all of which would have provided a pathway to legal status for undocumented youth who came to this country as children. Some versions have garnered as many as 48 co-sponsors in the Senate and 152 in the House.

Despite bipartisan support for each bill, none have become law. The bill came closest to passage in 2010 when the House of Representatives passed the bill and the Senate came five votes short of the 60 Senators needed to proceed to vote on the bill."

"On June 15, 2012, then-Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano created Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). DACA is an exercise of prosecutorial discretion, providing temporary relief from deportation (deferred action) and work authorization to certain young undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children. "

"On September 5, 2017, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke rescinded the 2012 DACA memorandum and announced a “wind down” of DACA. Effective immediately, no new applications for DACA will be accepted. Current DACA beneficiaries whose status is due to expire before March 5, 2018 are permitted to renew their status for an additional two years if they apply by October 5, 2017. Any person for whom DACA expires as of March 6, 2018, will no longer have deferred action or employment authorization.

https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/dream-act-daca-and-other-policies-designed-protect-dreamers

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

9. Thank you. I keep forgetting about Wikipedia.

That was a good summary of DACA.