Photo: AFP via Getty Images Last month, the 650,000 undocumented Americans in the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program rejoiced when the Supreme Court kicked down the Trump administration’s 2017 attempt to rescind the policy which creates a path to citizenship for eligible young people brought into the country without documentation as minors.
But on Tuesday, the Trump administration defied U.S. District Court Judge Paul Grimm’s order when Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Chad Wolf announced that DHS would not process new applications as the agency engages in a “comprehensive review” of the program. “I have concluded that the DACA policy, at a minimum, presents serious policy concerns that may warrant its full rescission,” Wolf wrote in a memo, despite an opposing conclusion from a federal judge.
According to an administration official that spoke to NPR, DHS justified a memo which directly defies a federal court order by claiming that it is an “intervening action” which makes the Maryland judge’s decision void. In the interim period between the Supreme Court ruling and Grimm’s order in Maryland, DHS was not processing new applications.
The Supreme Court’s decision on DACA — addressing not the merits of the program, but the failures of procedure in Trump’s attempt to revoke it — was expected to result in an attempt to try to halt the policy again. Now, immigration advocates worry that the president is stalling until after the election to find a way to properly do away with Dreamers.
gemluvr257 When an administration renders Congress impotent and then defies the highest court of our land, we have a serious, unprecedented power grab and constitutional crisis. Will *anyone* stand up, join forces and put a stop to this AbuseOfPower?
Trump ' Fuck that judge, i said do it, do it now !!'
Ok so arrest the head of the DHS. EASY
Happy2BNana Lock Barr up, lock Barr up... Barr won't uphold laws he doesn't approve of.... Anti-Law & Order AG
donwinslow So that's it? Trump can just ignore district and supreme court directives and do whatever tf he wants? He's above the law?
What in the actual fuck?
donwinslow Where does the GOP stand on Trump defying the Supreme Court order? This cowards insists on terrorizing DACA recipients. Will this be another thing BARR doesn’t know anything about? thisiswhyihatetrump
donwinslow Then the court should issue bench warrants for the Secretary of Homeland Security and other key leaders from that department.
donwinslow The judge in this case should charge the Sec. of DHS with contempt of court and throw his ass in jail. He's got the authority and being a Cabinet Member doesn't afford him the same legal protection as the President.
When he sues over election results if it goes against him, he'll just stay and refuse to leave.
donwinslow Go figure Potus will now ignore the court system. We all knew this would happen, surprised it took this long, honestly.
They instead should be processing deportation applications!
donwinslow Pretty sure this is grounds for a contempt citation to be issued by the Supremes.
Where are all the Republicans who care about law and order?
donwinslow Beyond outrageous
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