Posted on 01/23/2017 4:29:05 PM PST by Pinkbell
Applications from so-called Dreamers seeking to renew their immigration status and work permits are being processed normally, despite President Donald Trump's repeated claims that the program set up by President Barack Obama is illegal, a government spokesman said Monday.
A spokesman for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services told POLITICO Monday that there was no immediate change to how the agency handles applications and renewals under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program Obama set up in 2012.
"We are still accepting/processing DACA requests under existing policy," USCIS spokesman Steve Blando said Monday.
It's unclear precisely how many applications USCIS approves each day, but according to the most recent public statistics — from the third quarter of last year — an average of about 140 initial applications and 690 renewals were approved each calendar day.
As of September 30, 2016, 73,705 renewals and 46,229 initial applications were pending. It's unclear whether those numbers surged due to applicants fearing Trump might end the program and how much of that backlog was cleared before Trump was sworn in last Friday.
During the campaign, Trump repeatedly vowed to shut down the Obama-initiated program upon taking office. Trump's campaign website promises that he will "immediately terminate President Obama’s two illegal executive amnesties," apparently referring both to the 2012 action and a broader move Obama took in 2014 that was blocked by the courts.
However, no move to shut down the program was among the set of presidential directives Trump signed Friday and Monday.
White House press secretary Sean Spicer suggested Monday that despite Trump's promise to move "immediately" against the Obama immigration actions, discontinuing the DACA program is not a top priority of the new president.
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Wishful thinking, Pollutico?
As always...stay tuned.
Politico, Hewitt and all of the other elites are mounting a concerted action to try to dissuade Trump on the so-called ‘Dreamer’ issue.
There is only so much you can do on day. I’m sure Trump understands he will alienate the base that elected him if he doesn’t undo the 0bamas executive Dream act.
For later
We will not be satisfied with deporting only those who have been caught and convicted of crimes here.
There is no reason to wait until an illegal alien kills somebody driving drunk before deporting them.
Leaving the illegal DACA in place is an abrogation of the rule of law and a broken promise to restore the rule of law.
Honestly, how long does it take to sign a piece of paper!?!??,!.
I believe the court has already said “stop it”...and the Supreme Court upheld the lower court.
If their native countries refuse to take back criminal aliens, it should be noted that Obama made space at Guantanamo for hundreds of them.
He needs to wait for his appointees to be approved.
That's pretty much what I was thinking. Actually, trying to control policy I believe.
We can't expect Trump to solve all of the problems on his first full day of work, but he should announce that immigration will follow the law as passed by the legislative branches, not what Obama just made up.
More fake news from the old guard media.
That was only for DAPA, his SECOND illegal action on illegal aliens.
DACA, the first one continues unabated.
Oh it’s coming, believe me
The Left and the NeverTrumpers are itching to complete the narrative: Trump did not follow up on his promises.
Considering they committed over 100,000 crimes in Texas alone in one year, that ain’t gonna cut it.
W. Europe loves everyone with a sob story. Send them there :)
I am hoping that he wanted some ‘jobs’ info out there - like what he did by meeting the union thugs, as it were. He made some hefty promises to the border patrol, the country and to the families of those who lost love ones by the hands of illegals. Okay Trump. A couple days... but he needs to do something definitive soon.
Keep the bait applications open - Fine
He better understand that that is what got him elected.
If he turns on us, we will turn on him.
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