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Originally Posted by cmeow
Hanen actually could've screwed DACA awhile ago. He decided to let the renewals continue and said something along the lines of "the egg has been scrambled you can't unscramble it" after the Maryland AG flew to Texas to represent DACA (because DOJ didn't want to defend DACA).
This is another move in which it seems like they really want Congress to take care of it, not the courts. At the same time, Trump wants the Courts to kill it so he doesn't take the blame. It's ultimately up to Congress to deal with this issue. I hope Trump / Kushner (not Miller) and Congress can come up with something.
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I remember bringing up that point about him choosing not to put the preliminary injunction in place prior being a good sign and I was staying optimistic about it. Good to see, I guess, it's just that I don't really understand the reasons why other than our speculation.
I just doubt that anything substantial could happen without urgency - it's the only way congress passes much of anything now. I hope they pass something too.
But the weird thing to me is the timing of all of this. Voter memories are notoriously short. Hanen is clearly Republican friendly, and so is the SC. Why keep on pushing it back? They both could have gotten this issue out of the way
last year. At this rate, DACA might still be alive right before the election. If it goes away then, that can only hurt their party. I know that the courts aren't meant to be biased, but maybe their calculus is that if they push it back to right before the election, the Republicans have more reason to compromise? Idk, all of this just makes no sense to me from the perspective of the Republicans.
Hell, wouldn't the courts just issuing another wind-down period for DACA make more sense too? Paxton said that would be okay for them.
Not that I want DACA to go away - I'll take DACA forever lol