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The Pre-SHTF DACA DOW Train


Opinion: With DACA move, Trump throws grenade at Ryan and McConnell
By Steve Goldstein

Published: Sept 5, 2017 1:24 p.m. ET






Republican leadership will face difficult choices

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Trump Administration is ending the Obama era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which protect those who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children, with a six-month delay for the Congress to put in replacement legislation.

President Donald Trump has made no secret of his dissatisfaction with the performance of House Speaker Paul Ryan and, to a greater degree, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

In setting a six-month deadline to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, Trump has thrown the issue — thorny for conservatives — straight back at Ryan and McConnell.

DACA offered those who had illegally entered the country as minors a two-year stay from deportation and eligibility for work permits. It polls well among both Democrats and Republicans.

On Tuesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions characterized DACA as a “circumvention of immigration laws” and said it denies jobs to Americans.

To hear the counterargument, consider what someone named Donald Trump had to say about it.

Trump, in an interview with CNBC before he became president, outlined the argument against throwing such people out: “They’ve done wonderfully, they’ve gone to school, they’ve gotten good marks, they’re productive, now we’re supposed to send them out of the country?” Trump asked, adding, “I don’t believe in that.”

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/with-daca-move-trump-throws-grenade-at-ryan-and-mcconnell-2017-09-05?siteid=rss&rss=1