DACA RESCINDED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP

Beginning in 2017, in his executive order, Trump removed privacy protections for DACA recipients and exposed their information to ICE agents. On June 16, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security announced their intention to repeal the expansion of the DACA Program. However, the overall existence of DACA would still be under review.[21] On September 5, 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced to the public that the DACA program is being repealed. He also mentioned that those who are eligible for DACA are in fact lawbreakers, and impacted the employment of local Americans.[22] According to the new policy, “people whose work authorizations will expire by March 5, 2018 – six months from the announcement – can apply for two-year renewals until October 5. DHS will continue to adjudicate already-filed DACA initial requests on a case-by-case basis. It will no longer issue new advance parole documents to DACA recipients.”[23] On the same day, President Trump also released to the press a statement claiming that “the DACA program was going beyond President Obama’s constitutional responsibilities.”[24] However, those DACA recipients wouldn’t be deported abruptly, since the administration wouldn’t move against those recipients for six months.