Obama Expected To Publicly Defend DACA If Trump Moves To End Program
- 7 years ago
Barack Obama has largely refrained from being publicly critical of President Trump, but that is expected to change if Trump, as anticipated, moves to terminate the DACA program.
Barack Obama has largely refrained from being publicly critical of President Trump’s efforts to upend a number of his achievements.
That is expected to change if Trump, as anticipated, moves to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program, which offers protection against deportation to individuals brought into the U.S. as children.
It also allows those roughly 800,000 people to obtain work permits in the country, according to the New York Times.
According to Politico, which spoke to a person familiar with Obama’s thinking on the matter, “Obama’s current plan is to post a statement on Facebook and link to it on Twitter, where the former president has more than 94 million followers.”
The news outlet further notes a challenge from Obama would be in line with a number of statements he made in the final days of his presidency, including, “The notion that we would just arbitrarily or because of politics punish those kids, when they didn’t do anything wrong themselves, I think would be something that would merit me speaking out.”
In November, Obama said while speaking at a summit in Lima, Peru, that he intends to challenge Trump on actions that raise, “core questions about our values and our ideals…if I think that it’s necessary or helpful for me to defend those ideals, then I’ll examine it when it comes.”
The New York Times reports that President Trump is anticipated to make a Tuesday announcement regarding his ending of DACA, but it has been noted that his position could change by then.
If he does proceed as expected, he will reportedly allow a 6-month delay on action, giving Congress time to address the issue.
Barack Obama has largely refrained from being publicly critical of President Trump’s efforts to upend a number of his achievements.
That is expected to change if Trump, as anticipated, moves to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program, which offers protection against deportation to individuals brought into the U.S. as children.
It also allows those roughly 800,000 people to obtain work permits in the country, according to the New York Times.
According to Politico, which spoke to a person familiar with Obama’s thinking on the matter, “Obama’s current plan is to post a statement on Facebook and link to it on Twitter, where the former president has more than 94 million followers.”
The news outlet further notes a challenge from Obama would be in line with a number of statements he made in the final days of his presidency, including, “The notion that we would just arbitrarily or because of politics punish those kids, when they didn’t do anything wrong themselves, I think would be something that would merit me speaking out.”
In November, Obama said while speaking at a summit in Lima, Peru, that he intends to challenge Trump on actions that raise, “core questions about our values and our ideals…if I think that it’s necessary or helpful for me to defend those ideals, then I’ll examine it when it comes.”
The New York Times reports that President Trump is anticipated to make a Tuesday announcement regarding his ending of DACA, but it has been noted that his position could change by then.
If he does proceed as expected, he will reportedly allow a 6-month delay on action, giving Congress time to address the issue.