Trump says he will renew effort to end DACA protections
Published:Friday | June 19, 2020 | 1:14 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Undeterred by this week’s Supreme Court ruling, President Donald Trump said Friday he will renew his effort to end legal protections for hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the United States as children.
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Trump denounced the high court’s ruling that the administration improperly ended the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in 2017.
Splitting with Trump and judicial conservatives, Chief Justice John Roberts joined the four liberal justices in the 5-4 vote Thursday.
Through executive action, Trump could still take away the ability for 650,000 young immigrants to live and work legally in the United States.
But with no legislative answer in Congress in sight, uncertainty continues for many immigrants who know of no other home except America.
In a tweet Friday morning, Trump said, “The Supreme Court asked us to resubmit on DACA, nothing was lost or won.
They “punted”, much like in a football game (where hopefully they would stand for our great American Flag). We will be submitting enhanced papers shortly.”
Ken Cuccinelli, acting head of US Citizenship and Immigration Services, said Friday that the administration was starting over.
“We’re going to move as quickly as we can to put options in front of the president,” but those are executive branch options, he told “Fox & Friends.”
“That still leaves open the appropriate solution which the Supreme Court mentioned and that is that Congress step up to the plate,” he said.
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