Trump Conflicted Ahead of DACA Decision

Townhall.com ^ | September 3, 2017 | Debra J. Saunders

[skimbell]

DJT doesn't need "conflicted" here.

He needs to remember the promises he made to his base that put him in the WH.

[Theodore R.]

I think he will exempt those now in the system but block future ones.

[Pravious]

I guess it’s not enough the media makes up stories based on “inside sources” and “high government officials” - now they’re able to write stories based on how they imagine Trump “feels” about something.

What a waste of words.

[Reno89519]

Conflicted!? No, just keep your promise.

[Stingray51]

The President is in a good position here:

1. Rescind it. This kicks the ball over to Congress.
2. If the RINOs and Dems then want legislation on this issue (as they do and will) veto it unless it is not only very strict on the “Dreamer” issue but also includes full funding for The Wall.

[digger48]

Consider the source.

A #neverTrump “conservative”

[V K Lee]

Remember promises, YES!

Just as important: Remember THE LAW!
FOLLOW THE LAW

Give them an inch and they’ll steal a mile.

[Leep]

Unless Pres. Trump tweets he is “conflicted”
I don’t believe it.
Now, I am going to enjoy a doughnut.

[Paine in the Neck]

Any policy towards illegals must - MUST - address the incentives that are set up by that policy. Are you incentivizing more to try their hand at illegal entry or are you incentivizing them to stay home and apply through the legal process?

With 600 million people south of our porous non-existent southern border and untold millions outside the Americas who might also avail themselves of this easy access, there can be only one immigration policy - Stop giving prizes for illegal entry.

Any measure that permits those who entered illegally to benefit from that illegal act is amnesty. And any amnesty will bring millions more invaders.

This must be stopped.

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[Pearls Before Swine]

I think he will exempt those now in the system but block future ones.

I'd be OK with that IF the WALL worked and the Supremes reviewed and reinterpreted the current faulty view of the 14th that allows anchor babies.

[arthurus]

He is not “conflicted.” he is still negotiating.

[sheana]

He should have taken the easy way out on day 1. Stop issuing new exemptions and let the old ones just expire. He could have done it with no fanfare and got on with business. Now he’s under fire from both sides.

[trebb]

Reality bites but tossing every one of them that has known nothing but America would be a bit unseemly - despite what some of the head in the sand "purists" seem to think.

Give some of them a legal route/option to make themselves legal and get rid of the chaff...

[gibsonguy]

“He should have taken the easy way out on day 1”

I agree. I think Trump waits on wedge issues as part of his strategy. He thinks it gives the impression that is a well thought out decision. What it actually does is give the opposition time to mobilize and paint him as a monster if he goes the “wrong” way.

[napscoordinator]

I just wonder how a baby who came from Columbia and is 18 now would survive going back to the country of birth. I’m against illegal immigration but is this person at fault?

[jospehm20]

There is a legal option. Leave and apply from wherever they are to come back in legally.

[sheana]

I would have much preferred that after his installment he had just kept his mouth shut, put his head down, and went to work. He could have accomplished so much more.

[T-Bird45]

The discussion is not about “fault”, rather it’s about bald abrogation of law and process through illegal means to validate an illegal action. It’s a Swiss cheese of invented loopholes that have never been placed into the legislative process for consideration. Rather the appeal has always been to emotion while searching for a false sense of equity.

IOW, illogic piled upon illogic by an administration based upon a lie, leading to those without proper documents excused by one who closed any and all documents that could resolve all doubt on his origin. I hope you’re beginning to sense the irony stabbing liberty in the heart.

[ek_hornbeck]

DJT doesn't need "conflicted" here. He needs to remember the promises he made to his base that put him in the WH.

I agree completely. I hope that the President doesn't lose his nerve and cave to the liberals on this issue, or allow touchy-feely sentimentalism to stand in the way of law enforcement.

To those who say "It isn't the children's fault that their parents came here illegally," the best response is always this: if you steal a car and give it to your son, who had nothing to do with the theft and didn't even know about it, he doesn't get to keep the stolen car just because he wasn't himself the perpetrator. The same applies to children who are brought to the US illegally by their parents.