Fact-Checking Trump’s Immigration Tweets

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Fact-Checking Trump’s Immigration Tweets

Claim: DACA is “dead.”
Trump first announced his intention to end DACA last September, and ordered the Homeland Security Department to begin winding the program down in early March. But two federal judges have blocked his efforts, leaving the program largely intact and keeping about 700,000 young undocumented immigrants known as “Dreamers” in limbo.

Claim: The Senate must use the “nuclear option” to pass border security legislation.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has repeatedly said he would not end the legislative filibuster and allow bills to be passed with a simple majority. The Kentucky Republican told USA TODAY last April that the filibuster is “the core of the Senate.” Trump’s opponents have pointed out that, even with a 51-vote threshold, his proposal would have fallen well short of passage.

Plus three more that don't pass the fact check (otherwise known as the smell) test.

Seems Trump is one of the most fact challenged presidents in recent memory.

OK, Trumpeteers, defend him. Trot out a Democrat who has said something outrageous, or perhaps defend his actual statements if you can. Fake news?
 
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Fact-Checking Trump’s Immigration Tweets

Plus three more that don't pass the fact check (otherwise known as the smell) test.

Seems Trump is one of the most fact challenged presidents in recent memory.

OK, Trumpeteers, defend him. Trot out a Democrat who has said something outrageous, or perhaps defend his actual statements if you can. Fake news?

It's unclear here what we are "fact checking"....

DACA is "dead" for people who want to enroll now. Court's have, for now, blocked the termination of the program for those already enrolled - but what is the argument here....that the Executive Branch cannot end an Executive program? That is absurd. Even the Court has said as much.

Here is a quote from one Judge:
"Defendants indisputably can end the DACA program. The question before the court is thus not whether defendants could end the DACA program, but whether they offered legally adequate reasons for doing so. Based on its review of the record before it, the court concludes that defendants have not done so."

DACA is going to die (unless Congress acts) - it's really just a question of when.


The other quote about the "nuclear" option doesn't even make any sense. It's not "fact challenged" to put political pressure on the Majority Leader of the Senate to try to get your legislative agenda moved.
 
It's unclear here what we are "fact checking"....

DACA is "dead" for people who want to enroll now. Court's have, for now, blocked the termination of the program for those already enrolled - but what is the argument here....that the Executive Branch cannot end an Executive program? That is absurd. Even the Court has said as much.

Here is a quote from one Judge:
"Defendants indisputably can end the DACA program. The question before the court is thus not whether defendants could end the DACA program, but whether they offered legally adequate reasons for doing so. Based on its review of the record before it, the court concludes that defendants have not done so."

DACA is going to die (unless Congress acts) - it's really just a question of when.


The other quote about the "nuclear" option doesn't even make any sense. It's not "fact challenged" to put political pressure on the Majority Leader of the Senate to try to get your legislative agenda moved.
Trump attempted to end DACA, but the courts didn't approve his EO, so DACA is still in force. It might end, but it's not dead yet.
 
Trump attempted to end DACA, but the courts didn't approve his EO, so DACA is still in force. It might end, but it's not dead yet.

It is a little more nuanced than that. It is "dead" for any new applicants. The Court said that current participants in the program are allowed to continue to renew their status but that new applications are not required to be processed. If one of the people in DACA leaves the country they are not required to be allowed back in... etc etc.

As soon as we can get past the judicial overreach here we can all get back to the common sense notion that the Executive Branch can end an executive program.

DACA isn't "dead", but it's on life-support unless Congress acts.
 
It is a little more nuanced than that. It is "dead" for any new applicants. The Court said that current participants in the program are allowed to continue to renew their status but that new applications are not required to be processed. If one of the people in DACA leaves the country they are not required to be allowed back in... etc etc.

As soon as we can get past the judicial overreach here we can all get back to the common sense notion that the Executive Branch can end an executive program.

DACA isn't "dead", but it's on life-support unless Congress acts.
No, it is not dead. It might be without Congressional action, but that remains to be seen. Let's look at another of Trump's claims:

Claim: Migrants heading for the United States are doing so to “take advantage” of DACA.
To qualify for DACA, a Dreamer must meet strict criteria. Namely, the applicant must have been living in the United States since 2007 and arrived before his or her sixteenth birthday, according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. There are other requirements, too, including that an applicant be enrolled in school or hold a high school diploma, or be serving in the armed forces. The applicant also can’t have been convicted of a felony or significant misdemeanor.

Seems odd he'd claim DACA was dead, and the migrants are heading to the US to take advantage of that dead program. Sounds a lot like doublethink to me.
 
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No, it is not dead. It might be without Congressional action, but that remains to be seen. Let's look at another of Trump's claims:

I mostly read his "DACA is dead" as a policy shift that he is not willing to deal anymore on the issue - but we will see what Congress does - if anything.

Seems odd he'd claim DACA was dead, and the migrants are heading to the US to take advantage of that dead program. Sounds a lot like doublethink to me.

As noted - its stupid to claim the people coming now are doing do because of DACA - as they don't even qualify under the rules. Most of the immigrants from Central America apply for asylum when they arrive. DACA really has nothing to do with it - Trump's comments don't make any sense on this one.
 
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