This Issue: Texas and nine other states double down on ultimatum to Trump Administration to end DACA....
Jul 31, 2017 17:31:30 #
This Issue: Texas and nine other states double down on ultimatum to Trump Administration to end DACA
Mon, Jul 31st
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton doubled down this week on his ultimatum to President Trump to end the DACA amnesty by September 5 or face a legal challenge. He reissued his warning in an op-ed published in the nation's most circulated newspaper, USA Today.
NumbersUSA President Roy Beck cheered the action:
Ken Paxton is providing a way for Pres. Trump to finally honor his campaign promises to stop this DACA program for perhaps a million young adult i*****l a***ns to gain work permits.
The Paxton ultimatum gives the President an excuse to reject the advice of his pro-amnesty advisors and to stop issuing work permits that he said as a candidate are unconstitutional.
Last month, AG Paxton was joined by nine other Attorneys General from around the country, all of whom were part of the lawsuit brought by 26 states that ultimately ended Pres. Obama's other unconstitutional executive amnesty called DAPA. That one would have issued work permits to approximately 5 million i*****l a***ns. The 10 states last month threatened to amend the ongoing DAPA lawsuit to also challenge the unconstitutional DACA executive amnesty.
(The 10 states include: Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia.)
We've given the Trump Administration until September 5 to agree to phase out DACA. Otherwise, our lawsuit challenging unlawful deferred-action programs currently pending in district court will be amended to challenge the renewal or issuance of any new DACA permits in the future. Once again, our request does not call on the Executive Branch to alter immigration enforcement priorities or remove any unlawfully present aliens.
-- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, USA Today, July 26, 1017
On the campaign trail, President Trump vowed to end both of Obama's executive amnesties -- DAPA and DACA -- on "day one". Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly finally ended the DAPA program last month, but the DACA program still stands.
A recent report from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services showed that more than 17,000 new work permits were issued to i*****l a***ns through the DACA program over the first three months of 2017. Another 107,524 i*****l a***ns received renewals of previously issued work permits.
It's possible that some of the 125,000 work permits were issued by the Obama Administration in a final push before Trump's inauguration, but there have been no signs of slowing down the issuance of new work permits from the Trump Administration. Not only is this action a broken campaign promise of Trump's, but it flies in the face of his pledge to put American workers first.
It's also hard to understand the Trump Administration's rationale. The DAPA program is illegal, but the DACA program, which is essentially the same, but for a separate class of i*****l a***ns, is being continued as a legal program.
DHS Secretary Kelly did offer a grim outlook for the future of DACA in a recent meeting with lawmakers. He reportedly said that he doesn't think DACA would survive a court challenge, and it's unlikely that Attorney General Jeff Sessions would defend the program should Texas and nine other states move forward with their challenge.
Phasing out DACA is about the rule of law, not the wisdom of any particular immigration policy. Our nation was founded on the revolutionary idea we now call the separation of powers.
-- Texas AG Paxton, USA Today
NumbersUSA and its 8 million activists will continue to pressure the Trump Administration to end DACA in addition to wh**ever Texas and the nine other states decide to do. As Roy told USA Today a few weeks ago, "We regard this as being a really clearly broken promise. A lot of people say, 'He's in a tough situation, it's hard for him to make a lot of things happen.' But this was an executive order, so he can stop it. You really can't say that the courts or Congress or anybody else is in the way."
You can help the effort by sending a free, pre-written message to President Trump or by calling the White House comments line at (202) 456-1111.
http://www.numbersUSA.com
Cut the Floods and dump the Waste!!!TRUMP!!!!! We need our jobs and our Country back. American Rights.This is how it should be.YES!!!! OR NO!!!!!
Mon, Jul 31st
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton doubled down this week on his ultimatum to President Trump to end the DACA amnesty by September 5 or face a legal challenge. He reissued his warning in an op-ed published in the nation's most circulated newspaper, USA Today.
NumbersUSA President Roy Beck cheered the action:
Ken Paxton is providing a way for Pres. Trump to finally honor his campaign promises to stop this DACA program for perhaps a million young adult i*****l a***ns to gain work permits.
The Paxton ultimatum gives the President an excuse to reject the advice of his pro-amnesty advisors and to stop issuing work permits that he said as a candidate are unconstitutional.
Last month, AG Paxton was joined by nine other Attorneys General from around the country, all of whom were part of the lawsuit brought by 26 states that ultimately ended Pres. Obama's other unconstitutional executive amnesty called DAPA. That one would have issued work permits to approximately 5 million i*****l a***ns. The 10 states last month threatened to amend the ongoing DAPA lawsuit to also challenge the unconstitutional DACA executive amnesty.
(The 10 states include: Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia.)
We've given the Trump Administration until September 5 to agree to phase out DACA. Otherwise, our lawsuit challenging unlawful deferred-action programs currently pending in district court will be amended to challenge the renewal or issuance of any new DACA permits in the future. Once again, our request does not call on the Executive Branch to alter immigration enforcement priorities or remove any unlawfully present aliens.
-- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, USA Today, July 26, 1017
On the campaign trail, President Trump vowed to end both of Obama's executive amnesties -- DAPA and DACA -- on "day one". Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly finally ended the DAPA program last month, but the DACA program still stands.
A recent report from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services showed that more than 17,000 new work permits were issued to i*****l a***ns through the DACA program over the first three months of 2017. Another 107,524 i*****l a***ns received renewals of previously issued work permits.
It's possible that some of the 125,000 work permits were issued by the Obama Administration in a final push before Trump's inauguration, but there have been no signs of slowing down the issuance of new work permits from the Trump Administration. Not only is this action a broken campaign promise of Trump's, but it flies in the face of his pledge to put American workers first.
It's also hard to understand the Trump Administration's rationale. The DAPA program is illegal, but the DACA program, which is essentially the same, but for a separate class of i*****l a***ns, is being continued as a legal program.
DHS Secretary Kelly did offer a grim outlook for the future of DACA in a recent meeting with lawmakers. He reportedly said that he doesn't think DACA would survive a court challenge, and it's unlikely that Attorney General Jeff Sessions would defend the program should Texas and nine other states move forward with their challenge.
Phasing out DACA is about the rule of law, not the wisdom of any particular immigration policy. Our nation was founded on the revolutionary idea we now call the separation of powers.
-- Texas AG Paxton, USA Today
NumbersUSA and its 8 million activists will continue to pressure the Trump Administration to end DACA in addition to wh**ever Texas and the nine other states decide to do. As Roy told USA Today a few weeks ago, "We regard this as being a really clearly broken promise. A lot of people say, 'He's in a tough situation, it's hard for him to make a lot of things happen.' But this was an executive order, so he can stop it. You really can't say that the courts or Congress or anybody else is in the way."
You can help the effort by sending a free, pre-written message to President Trump or by calling the White House comments line at (202) 456-1111.
http://www.numbersUSA.com
Cut the Floods and dump the Waste!!!TRUMP!!!!! We need our jobs and our Country back. American Rights.This is how it should be.YES!!!! OR NO!!!!!Jul 31, 2017 20:21:38 #
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