Everyone should keep their eye on the big picture. DACA represents only small fraction of illegal immigrants, about 800K. We admit more legal immigrants every year.
There are somewhere between 11 and 18 million illegals in this country who don't qualify under DACA.
Don't confuse DACA with general amnesty witch would legalize ALL of them.
I would gladly trade the 800K DACA people for an end of chain migration, full funding of border enforcement AND e-verify. The DACA people were never going to be deported anyway.
That would be a very good deal and Trump has the dems trapped in a headlock. There is know way they can oppose the deal and survive and Trump knows it. If they vote for it America wins if they vote against it America wins as they jump the shark for the last time.
While that may be true, one of the potential problems with an amnesty is the promise to fund and build the wall is broken and no security implemented or enforced, ala the Reagan deal. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.
Secondly, granting amnesty to anyone, no matter how insignificant, would likely encourages more illegal immigration.
All of that said, if I could trust it, I too would trade granting some form of amnesty (but not the right to vote) to even 800,000 of them, for building a wall, ending chain, ending birthright and e-verify and deporting the 30 to 40 million other illegals in the US.