Trump’s immigration crackdown is expected to start on Day 1.

In his first 100 days, President-elect Donald Trump plans to begin the process of deporting hundreds of thousands of people. He is expected to end parole for people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. And he is likely to undo a policy that significantly constrained deportations for people who weren’t deemed threats to public safety or national security.

Trump’s team is already thinking about how to craft executive actions that could survive legal challenges from immigrants’ rights groups. And this time, his fights will be refereed by a federal judiciary that he transformed (he appointed 200+ federal judges himself) and a 6-3 conservative Supreme Court.

Catch up with the 5 immigration initiatives Trump’s expected to roll out quickly – and the hurdles they could face:
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/1...wFCSUHxCIcR3-A

Still nothing on DACA, man.. He never mentioned it ever during the campaign and now. Wtf is he on?!

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

If TPS is the highest-profile statutory humanitarian relief program for foreign nationals, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is its executive action counterpart.

DACA was the Obama administration’s most visible immigrant relief effort, an origin story that attracts Democrats and repels Republicans.

But through its lifetime, DACA has gained bipartisan clout because it protects a publicly sympathetic group of people known as “Dreamers.”

Dreamers are undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as minors — DACA beneficiaries are a subset of Dreamers who fulfilled the program’s requirements, including being born on or after 1981, arriving before 2007 and passing the relevant background checks.

Because DACA started in 2012 with age-specific rules, the DACA-eligible population has shrunk significantly since its inception. At its peak, the program had more than 800,000 beneficiaries, a number that as of June shrunk to 535,030, according to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

Throughout its lifetime, DACA has faced multiple challenges on its legality, primarily through lawsuits led by red states, and a case is currently under review by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. During litigation, DHS has been barred from processing any new DACA applications, increasing the rate of membership attrition.

DACA was first declared illegal in 2021 by a federal judge in Texas, who argued the Obama administration circumvented Congress in its creation by not issuing it as a rule subject to a comments period. In 2023, that same judge ruled President Biden’s reissuing of the program as a rule subject to comments was also illegal.

“DACA is already being litigated, right? We’re waiting for that final decision. So in some ways, like the question of how sound DACA is, is already in the hands of the judiciary,” said Gupta.

That could make a Trump rescission of the program moot, though he did order its termination in 2017, despite faint hopes from immigrant advocates that he would spare Dreamers.

https://thehill.com/latino/4993723-t...ortation-plan/

The ongoing silence from Biden and Harris regarding DACA for the past 4 years continues to weigh heavily on my heart. The disappointment and betrayal I feel is overwhelming.

It is disheartening to realize that they even lack the courage to grant us a pardon before they depart from office. It seems that our plight is not a priority for them, and they find it more advantageous to continue to keep us in a state of uncertainty and fear.

Yes, we are aware of the Republicans' feelings towards us, but it is worth noting that they have not made any empty promises. At least they haven’t been upfront about their feelings.

I have found some solace in the fact that President-elect Trump has not spoken negatively about us in his 2024 campaign, which is a positive thing.

However, I am worried that he may direct his Justice Department to not defend DACA and let it be decided in the courts, potentially leading to its end. I truly hope that my fears are unfounded.

It was going to end regardless of who won the election.

While there may be some truth to that, he has the option to expedite the process if he chooses to do so.

It’s just fear. You need congress approval for it. They are going after undocumented with criminal record.

Pianoswithoutfaith's mom is getting deported

They’re going to dig her grave and send her decomposing body back home? Got daca do you ever get tired of being one of the stupidest people on this site