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Trump Lashes Out at Some Young Immigrants Obama Let Stay in US

Ken Bredemeier

   WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump contended Tuesday that some of
   the young immigrants that his predecessor, former President Barack
   Obama, allowed to stay in the country to avoid deportation are now
   "hardened criminals."

   The U.S. leader, who won the White House in 2016 by taking a tough
   stance against illegal immigration, unleashed his attack on the
   immigrants hours before the Supreme Court heard arguments on the
   legality of Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
   program.

   The 2012 policy allowed more than 800,000 undocumented immigrants who
   crossed illegally into the U.S. at a young age with their parents to
   remain in the United States -- for many, the only home country they
   have known.

   "Many of the people in DACA, no longer very young, are far from
   'angels,' Trump said on Twitter. "Some are very tough, hardened
   criminals. President Obama said he had no legal right to sign order,
   but would anyway. If Supreme Court remedies with overturn, a deal will
   be made with Dems for them to stay!"

     Many of the people in DACA, no longer very young, are far from
     "angels." Some are very tough, hardened criminals. President Obama
     said he had no legal right to sign order, but would anyway. If
     Supreme Court remedies with overturn, a deal will be made with Dems
     for them to stay!
     -- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) [1]November 12, 2019

   Three appellate courts have ruled against Trump's decision to end the
   program, with about 700,000 immigrants remaining in it. Past attempts
   to resolve the issue legislatively have failed.

   Advocates has often called the young immigrants "dreamers." To join the
   program or periodically renew their participation to stay in the U.S.,
   they had to show they were upstanding residents, employed or attending
   school, and had not been convicted of crimes.

References

   1. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1194219655717642240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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