Department of Homeland Security Will Reject Initial Requests for DACA As It Weighs Future of the Program

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Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad F. Wolf announced that in response to the Supreme Court’s decision, the Department of Homeland Security will take action to thoughtfully consider the future of the DACA policy, including whether to fully rescind the program.

In the interim and to address serious concerns with the policy, the Department of Homeland Security will make the following changes to DACA immediately:

• Reject all initial requests for DACA and associated applications for Employment Authorization Documents;
• Reject new and pending requests for advanced parole absent exceptional circumstances; and,
• Limit the period of renewed deferred action granted pursuant to the DACA policy after the issuance of this memorandum to one year.

“As the Department continues looking at the policy and considers future action, the fact remains that Congress should act on this matter,” said Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf. “There are important policy reasons that may warrant the full rescission of the DACA policy.”

The new memorandum outlined four areas of concern:

• Concern about whether, as a matter of policy, continuation of a broad, class-based deferred-action policy like DACA should be resolved by Congress;
• Concern about whether any discretion to not enforce the law or afford deferred action should be exercised rarely and only on a truly individualized, case-by-case basis;
• Concern that the existence of a program like DACA may send mixed messages about DHS’s intention to consistently enforce immigration laws as Congress has written them; and,
• Concern that the existence of a program like DACA may encourage individuals to take a perilous journey to this country, needlessly endangering children.

 

https://www.dhs.gov/news/2020/07/28/department-homeland-security-will-reject-initial-requests-daca-it-weighs-future

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We'll see how long this holds...they were directly ordered by a federal court to continue accepting them in compliance with the SCOTUS ruling. The "reason" given to stop is due to a new DHS memo, which I did not see anything material that is likely to convince a judge to reach a different decision.

Judges don't like their orders not being followed, or trying to artificially construct a mechanism to go around them. I have a feeling this won't last long.

 

They 100% can end DACA, but they've been bit many times for going about it the improper way. This is just one more attempt to do so IMO.

If they just went about things the right way to begin with, it very likely would have been gone before they year even started.

 

Some more reading: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/28/daca-renewals-trump-dreamers-384504

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It's only fair that a president can repeal DACA just like s/he can make one. I am just perplexed by how long it took the administration to carry out the EO only to be shot down. 

 

If I were DACA recipient, I would spend most of my time studying language of my home country in case of leaving without any recourse instead of being hung up on the hazy future. 

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