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“On Tuesday, President Donald Trump found a way to shut down the popular program that protects young undocumented immigrants from deportation while deflecting the full blast of the political heat for his move from immigrants’ rights groups, Latinos and their many allies in businesses and universities.
In a decision announced by Attorney General Jeff Sessions — not by the president — Trump ordered the Department of Homeland Security to rescind a policy memorandum from 2012 that was the slim underpinning of the program, known as DACA, started by former President Barack Obama.
The program will continue to run until March 5, 2018, officials said, to allow Congress time to consider legislation to give permanent legal status to undocumented immigrants who came to this country as children.
In his decision, Trump is looking to have it both ways, hoping to satisfy the demands of his supporters for hard-fisted action on immigration while shifting the burden to Congress to show the “heart” for young immigrants the president has said he harbors. His White House, known for its chaotic approach to policy shifts, may have more success this time in diffusing the political fallout for the president in Washington.”
[For more of this story, written by Julia Preston, go to https://www.themarshallproject...=hp-3-111#.PUkiyRcOk]
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