Trump Announces Supreme Court gave him great power over DACA, but then..

In an interview on July 10, exclusively for Telemundo, President Trump stated the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on DACA, Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California, "gave the president tremendous powers when they said you can take-in seven hundred or so thousand people...Based on the power that they gave, I am going to be doing an immigration bill." While the high court did not actually give the president any powers, and as I have written previously, the DACA decision was a procedural one based on the Administrative Procedure Act. Nonetheless, during the interview, President Trump promised to propose an immigration bill that would include DACA and a "road to citizenship." Today, roughly two weeks after his Telemundo interview, the Trump Administration announced it would reject DACA applications during its "comprehensive review" of the program. These two stances in an extremely short period of time is nothing short of perplexing. Let's look at a timeline:

1) The Trump Administration moves to end DACA by administrative action, but its efforts fail before the Supreme Court.

2) Then a few weeks later, he anounces he is going to submit a bill to Congress that includes a path to citizenship for Dreamers.

3) Then today, his administration announces Dreamers can  no longer apply for DACA.

So, which one is it? If the Trump Administration opposed DACA, but he likes Dreamers, where is his bill providing a "path to citizenship," we have been promised? And if he supports Dreamers, why not give them the protection of DACA until his so-called bill passes Congress? Finally, will the American public, especially Latin voters, believe Trump actually intends to give Dreamers a path to citizenship? If you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you.

 

Comments

[Anon]

Note that the decision that Dreamers can no longer apply for DACA is openly in defiance of the Supreme Court decision reinstating the DACA program and the lower court order compelling the administration to restore DACA to its pre-administration state.

[Enrique Guerra-Pujol]

But to paraphrase Stalin: how many divisions does the Supreme Court have?

[Dinh Law Firm]

What exactly did the U.S. Supreme Court decide?

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s 2017 termination of DACA. The recission of DACA was arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedures Act. This means that there was not sufficient justification for the termination. The decision restores the original 2012 program, which means that USCIS should accept both initial and renewal applications and advance parole applications from DACA recipients. With Dinh Law Firm you may discuss more on the topic.