Trump’s “day one” on immigration: soft talk and no action

eva02 · 01-24-2017, 02:16 AM

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politi...xecutive-order

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Asked about rumors that President Trump will end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program — the Obama-era program that’s given protection from deportation and work permits to about 750,000 unauthorized immigrants — White House press secretary Sean Spicer said that Trump “has been clear that we need to direct agencies to focus on those who are in the country illegally with a criminal record and/or pose a threat” to Americans.

That’s exactly the policy the Obama administration spent several years trying to impose on immigration agents in the field — over the vocal objections (and sustained resistance) of those field agents. Trump won the support of the unions representing immigration agents by promising they’d no longer be restricted in doing their jobs.

The Trump administration could have issued executive actions rescinding the Obama-era memos that directed immigration agents on which unauthorized immigrants shouldn’t be “priorities” for deportation. (The House Freedom Caucus has recommended it do just that.) It hasn’t yet. Obama’s directions are still in place, and Trump’s press secretary is now endorsing something very much like them.

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Maybe the administration is taking longer than usual to nail down the policy — there are a lot of details that need to be worked out, for example, in an executive order restricting federal grants to “sanctuary cities.” Maybe there’s internal debate over the politics, with establishment Republicans urging the administration not to get too aggressive with unauthorized immigrants just yet. But either way, it certainly appears that the administration has encountered some sort of difficulty that it hadn’t anticipated when it made those grand promises to fix American immigration policy on day one.

No duh.

tf2legend · 01-24-2017, 04:31 AM

I don't like this article.

So...now liberal media is going to demand that Trump keeps all the campaign promises that they disagreed with, to provoke him into fulfilling promises that they can attack him for.

smh..

EdoIsa · 01-24-2017, 04:32 AM

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Originally Posted by tf2legend

I don't like this article

So...now liberal media is going to demand that Trump keeps all the campaign promises that they disagreed with, to provoke him into fulfilling promises that they can attack him for.

smh..

At the end of the day, it's just politics. This also could mean that Trump can do what Democrats wanted to do in order to make it harder for them to attack him on every front.

Can't trust anyone.

Japano · 01-24-2017, 08:01 AM

It's like people want the worst to happen so they can criticize trump.

JohannBernoulli1667 · 01-24-2017, 08:48 AM

The rednecks are infuriated. I wonder what really will happen. I hope a deal can be made between Trump and Senate Democrats to fix the issues.

dreamer83 · 01-24-2017, 11:37 AM

Just my two cents, we as Dreamers should probably not post this article here. It's like instigating the Trump administration that they aren't deporting us and pointing out that they're weak. Let liberal journalists point it out but we should not. And also because this website does rank up on Google search, so many folks will see this. Just my opinion guys.....

eva02 · 01-24-2017, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by dreamer83

Just my two cents, we as Dreamers should probably not post this article here. It's like instigating the Trump administration that they aren't deporting us and pointing out that they're weak. Let liberal journalists point it out but we should not. And also because this website does rank up on Google search, so many folks will see this. Just my opinion guys.....

If we acted even with 1/10th of the awful bragging Trump supporters have been doing. The point of the article is to have a discussion on it. The Trump administration is actually very strong by not succumbing to pressure and keeping this program that helps us contribute to this country.

dreamer83 · 01-24-2017, 11:59 AM

Keep in mind that the Trump supporters are almost all, if not exclusively US citizens. They have the luxury to be reckless and say what's on their mind, we unfortunately don't have that luxury. So posting an article with the title "Soft talk and no action" is not the best move for a sympathetic group that is hanging on to a thread for survival. This is just my humble opinion. Again we don't have the luxury to rattle cages with the position we are in. But free speech for all

eva02 · 01-24-2017, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by dreamer83

Keep in mind that the Trump supporters are almost all, if not exclusively US citizens. They have the luxury to be reckless and say what's on their mind, we unfortunately don't have that luxury. So posting an article with the title "Soft talk and no action" is not the best move for a sympathetic group that is hanging on to a thread for survival. This is just my humble opinion. Again we don't have the luxury to rattle cages with the position we are in. But free speech for all

It's the title of the article. Believe me our little forum isn't gonna have him shut DACA down. His supporters are not gonna stage a march because he didn't remove DACA either.

DayDreaming · 01-24-2017, 01:33 PM

agree with dreamer83

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