Can you post the actual quote where Trump stated that he would eliminate DACA?
I don’t believe he ever said it.
From NBC interview with Chuck Todd.
One of the signature programs of the Obama administration was DACA - Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. It recognized people living in the United States who were brought here as kids, making them eligible for work permits and bumping them down the priority list for deportation. Candidate Donald Trump wasn’t a fan. Here he is speaking with Chuck Todd for NBC’s “Meet The Press.”
(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, “MEET THE PRESS”)
CHUCK TODD: You’ll rescind the DREAM Act - executive order for DACA?
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: You’re going to have to. We have to make a whole new set of standards. And when people come in, they have to come in...
Exactly.
Trump said it was, in some cases, a hard decision, but that there are laws. He also said that in certain cases we could work out something and said many could be deported but be expedited right back in. Remember that?
It was called I think “touch back”, is that right? At least in media reports it was referred to as something close to that.