I say, “Make my day!”
He cannot make them citizens which would be permanent.
DACA just gives them work permits which are temporary and have to be renewed.
The silver lining is this will get people off their couches and into the streets for protests and into the voting booth.
560,000 have been approved so far for DACA with an estimated 1.8 million eligible. They have been given work permits, SSNs, and the ability to travel in and out of the country. Many states are giving DACA recipients driver's licenses and in-state tuition. You can be up to the age of 30 to receive DACA. Moreover, the illegal parents of DACA recipients will not be deported. The approval rate for DACA recipients is 99.5%.
Does anyone believe that the DACA recipients will ever be deported? This is de facto amnesty. There is no political will to reverse it. Renewal is virtually automatic.
The silver lining is this will get people off their couches and into the streets for protests and into the voting booth.
One would hope so, but I have my doubts. The MSM, Dems, and GOPe support amnesty. They will mildly object to the means, but they agree with the ends. George Will and Charles Krauthammer commented that although they agree with the legalization of the 12 million illegal aliens, Obama should not do it that way. They blame the Tea Party for being unreasonable when it comes to comprehensive immigration reform. They see it as inevitable. So how many people will be in the streets objecting to what is a constitutional crisis? I fear not many.