Questions tagged [daca]
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is an American immigration policy which allows migrants who entered the USA as minors to stay legally in the USA.
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Why did Trump not rescind DACA via an executive order?
In Early September of 2017, DACA was rescinded by then-Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke via a Department Memorandum. The Supreme Court struck down this memorandum in mid-June of 2020 ...
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Is there a "double-standard" in the SCOTUS June 2020 ruling on DACA?
On June 18, 2020, SCOTUS ruled Trump's ending of DACA was invalid. The reason -- as I understand it -- was that Trump acted by written memorandum instead of following the formal Administrative ...
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Was the enacting of DACA unconstitutional?
I had seen one of the arguments towards Trump's efforts to end/reform DACA was that Obama had exceeded his Presidential power when executing such an order.
U.S. District Judge William Alsup ...
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How many people are registered under the DACA? [closed]
How many legally registered DACA recipients are on the book?
What is the total number of DACA recipients currently registered?
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What does DACA have to do with the government shutdown?
I'm a little confused why DACA is the catalyst for inability to pass a budget.
What does DACA have to do with the federal budget? Is the disagreement over inclusion of funding for it? Or have those ...
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How could Obama start DACA, but Trump can not end it?
I would understand the law or new executive order being unconstitutional and struck down by courts, but here he have a situation where Trump is trying to revert the policy to state that it was before ...
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Where can I find the document that rescinded DACA?
I have been trying to find what piece of legislation / text / executive action rescinded the 2012 DACA memorandum.
However, I have not been able to find it. Many news websites describe the effects of ...
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Why is President Trump ending the DACA program so controversial?
There is currently a lot of controversy about President Trump ending the DACA program. However I don't understand why it's so controversial — Donald Trump was specifically elected on an anti-...
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