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Originally Posted by Shootingstars2014
Thank you for sharing this info. I was wondering why Original DACA started without any court injunction while the Expanded version got stuck even before it began. I was aware that there was no federal register for the Expanded version, but I thought that's what they did with the Original version too. I was too lazy to look into it...
Are Democrats THAT stupid? I don't think so. I don't want to admit they are smart either, but I think this is their strategy, trying to fish us without giving us live bait. Think about it. Why are they not issuing a notice and comment now like some legal experts are saying? Because that will infuriate Republican judges? Do it anyway and see what happens; it's getting messy anyway. Why did Obama repeatedly say he didn't have the authority but then started this EO in a most incomplete way so that it won't take off, allowing Republicans to attack him/immigrant community? I think the real answer lies somewhere in between...
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No, they are playing both sides, and that just doesn't cut it. Again, go back and read the 5th circuit response about lifting the stay; it's all about DAPA, not DACA. I am not an attorney, but it doesn't take one to see that there's nothing that prevents the administration from modifying DACA because DACA already exists. "Extended" DACA is just a saying; DACA guidelines to qualify for discretion remain the same, they just removed the age cap and the presence date. It's like granting TPS for 3 years instead of 4 or 2 or whatever. TPS already exists. DAPA is an entirely new program whose actual requirements, unlike DACA are unknown. We only know that those present since 2010 with citizen or resident children can qualify, but we do not know what they need to have in order to qualify.
Do they have to be current in taxpayer filings? We don't know.
Do they need to have never used public benefits? We don't know.
Do they need to have worked? Not likely.
Etc, etc. Lifting the age cap on DACA is not prevented by this the TX lawsuit simply because DACA is an
existing program being modified.