WH Press Briefing - DACA Question - Page 3

They should clear up that DAPA is indeed dead. The uninformed person who asked the question makes it seem to the viewers that DAPA is alive. Spicer's vague answer had the same effect. I agree, it's clear they want to keep DACA or find a legislative replacement for it, but they should clear up that DAPA has been dead and will remain that way.

I think they will say DAPA is dead and make that the big news... Then quitely say DACA will end Congress is coming up with a solution. Maybe he will say DACA ends at the end of the year and that is the time Congress has to fix the issue.

I would be happy with that, then force Congress to pass something, if nothing passes then it does not get cancelled.

isn't dapa dead no matter what they do cause of the SCOTUS 4-4 decision?

Basically the same non-answer we've been hearing for two weeks now... I don't think we've heard any news in the last couple of days with the ban and the SC appointee sucking oxygen out of the news cycle.

Why is that nasty sucka on ur profile pic?

What do you guys think is the real reason they seem to be so secretive on DACA?

If I was to choose the main reason, I am still sticking with my thought that they simply do not want to enter the taboo realm of taking away something given to someone.

But this administration is basically messing with everyone else...so I dunno what the deal is really...

They are definitely not shy about screwing people over in very big ways. In fact, if they wanted to bury the outcry over a potential DACA end, they would have announced it at the same time as their Muslim ban and the other executive orders, that way the DACA outcry would have been drowned out among all of the other stuff. We would have been a smaller part of the overall issue. Instead, if they end it now, we would be a whole separate issue unto ourselves. It doesn't make sense politically. The only reasonable explanation is that they really are working on a solution. Something besides the leaked EO, but also different than the BRIDGE Act because they would have said something about that already.

On a related note, the I-821D DACA form was recently updated on USCIS. Other members have looked at the form and said there were no changes to it, only that the form was updated on 02/02/2017 and the expiration reads 01/31/2019. So basically nothing new, but then why bother to put a new date on the form if you were just going to end the program anyway? I don't want to read too much into that tiny fact, it could be just government waste. But since that leaked EO hasn't been signed, I'm still holding on to just a tiny bit of hope.

uscis update on i-821 doesnt mean anything. its just an application paper update.. its standard for paper applications for anything.

I believe that there is a deadline that the Texas judge who stopped the order gave the administration to reply. I believe the administration needs to basically withdraw from the lawsuit and then DAPA would eventually be dead.

I am wondering if Trump has no clue on how to do that and or if Sessions has asked Trump to award him the honors of officially killing it, once he becomes the attorney general next week.

The question remains as to what Sessions opinions regarding DACA will yield once he is nominated and becomes a cabinet member.

I wish Christie has become the AG.

Do you think will be something for aged out Dreamers in 2012?