Posted on 03/09/2017 10:01:58 PM PST by TBP
Relying upon a technique rarely seen in political journalism these days, anonymous and nebulously described sources, BuzzFeed, hot off its tour de force in releasing the Trump “dossier” now has another scoop?
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA — which Trump said he would rescind on day one — is rough political terrain for the White House. Conservative media and elected officials see it as a rare hardline immigration promise the administration hasn’t kept, and the White House is kicking it down the road for as long as officials can.
But according to two sources who regularly speak with the Trump administration, DACA is a settled issue.
And in recent conversations, two administration sources pointed to chief strategist Steve Bannon as the man who preserved the current iteration of DACA, the victor of a debate with Attorney General Jeff Sessions and senior policy adviser Stephen Miller, who favored curtailing the program.
“Bannon usually wins most battles,” an administration insider said.
Previous reports have cast Bannon on one end of the spectrum on rescinding DACA and a more moderate group led by chief of staff Reince Priebus that wanted to keep it, but BuzzFeed News has learned that Bannon views DACA, which tends to be viewed more favorably than many immigration policies, as a strategic asset in the coming immigration policy battles, a source familiar with his thinking said.
“Trump was never in favor of repealing DACA,” said a source close to the president, who also said that keeping the program is in line with the immigration stance of Bannon, whose counsel Trump closely heeds. Bannon’s economic nationalist view is very much rooted in culture, and so eliminating DACA wouldn’t be a priority for him because “these kids have been here and they’re going to schools here,” the source said. “They’re Americans. They understand the culture.”
Last month at CPAC, for instance, Bannon said the “center core of what we believe” is that “we’re a nation with an economy — not an economy just in some global marketplace with open border — that we’re a nation with a culture and a reason for being, and I think that’s what unites us and I think that’s what’s going to unite this movement.”
I don’t know who’s behind the decision and I have my doubts that BuzzFeed does either, but not going after the DACA people is one of the few moves calculated not to be controversial that we’ve seen out of this administration. The DACA issue is touchy. Most people don’t want to deport someone who has spent most of their life in America back to a nation with which they have no connection. But the solution is for Congress to fix the problem and the best thing for the Trump administration to do is to ignore this hot button issue and concentrate on the low-hanging fruit of border security and energetically enforcing immigration laws against obvious illegals. If Bannon has been involved in that decision in a positive way, good for him.
Bad News Concern Troll Wringing Hands.
They’re not going to revoke DACA. Are you OK with that?? Is that what we voted for?
They’re not getting rid of DACA because it’s a Dem trap because it’s the only popular part of illegal immigration. If Bannon is advising President Trump on waiting on DACA then he’s giving the President good advice. Bad advice would be trying to lump all the very popular and most needed policies on illegal immigration with DACA and then watch the media and the dems destroy us on the issue.
This is practical politics folks, let DACA go for now.
Most of the Mexican & Central American DACA “kids” are believers in the Reconquista Movement, IMHO.
I wouldn't get too worked up over it. Honestly, outside of Free Republic, ending DACA is going to be pretty difficult.
These aren't adults who crossed the border we're talking about here. When we start talking about deporting people who were brought over here as children and infants, who had no decision in the matter, and who have no understanding or memory of the country they left, the optics are going to be terrible.
Bannon has the right idea; use DACA as a bargaining chip for other parts of President Trump's agenda.
>They’re not going to revoke DACA. Are you OK with that?? Is that what we voted for?
You’re concern trolling is [x] Noted [ ] Not noted.
Redstate is a #nevertrump blog that tried to get Hillary elected. As Conservatives don’t try to get Hillary Clinton elected president, I submit that it’s not an appropriate source for FR.
You said it better than I did.
I’ll withhold judgment until I read the leaked surveillance transcripts in the New York Times, aka, the Paper of Altered Record.
BS. Red State is part of the NeverTrump# movement.
That’s why they’re praising the decision, right?
aren’t you the guy who was always against Trump in the primary?
Redstate < Huffington post.
+1000
They’re not getting rid of accepting pre-existing medical conditions either and for the same reason.
Hit job on Bannon.
ping
Okay.... let’s talk about options since we now enjoy a negotiator in chief at the WH.
Dump unconditional jus soli.
Limit the total of visa extensions and reapplications.
Cancel our participation on the practice of dual citizenship.
And do not process/deny citizenship applications from those whose country of origin allow or practice dual citizenship.
I thought there was a posting embargo in effect for that site.
Agree with others...hit job on Bannon, whether true or not. Bannon is HATED by the NeverTrumpers as they simply want Trump out of the White House, and they know that for all of Trump’s problems, if he only listened to people on FR and the InfoWars, he’d be impeached tomorrow.
Bannon reads the tea leaves and if he sees a time to go after DACA, he’ll advise that.
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