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Unanswered questions about the decision to end DACA - ABC News

posted onSeptember 7, 2017
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Article snippet: The Trump administration's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program -- which protects unauthorized immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children from deportation -- has left some 800,000 enrollees in limbo amid uncertainty over whether Congress or the president will find an alternate solution allowing them to stay in the country legally. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the administration's decision to end DACA, but said the program's termination would be delayed for six months, giving Congress time to establish a replacement program, though talking points circulated by the Trump administration suggest the time is also meant to give Dreamers time to self-deport. President Trump issued a statement on his decision calling for Congress to take action, but his remarks left unanswered questions over whether he would step in if lawmakers couldn't reach an agreement. Here is a breakdown of what is known and what remains unclear. The attorney general's announcement essentially started a countdown for Congress to make some kind of decision on how to adjust or dismiss the DACA program that President Obama put in place in 2012. The Link to the full article to read more

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