Posted on 08/24/2022 3:52:13 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan
The final rule unveiled Wednesday is similar to a proposed rule DHS released in 2021. There are some minor changes, such as a clarification that expunged criminal convictions and immigration offenses are not automatic disqualifiers for the program. DHS received 16,361 comments during the rule’s public comment period.
The rule preserves long-standing eligibility requirements for the program. To qualify, immigrants must have arrived in the U.S. by age 16 and before June 2007, must have studied at a U.S. school or served in the military, and must lack a serious criminal record.
The rule also retains the existing process for DACA applicants to seek work authorization and affirms the current policy that DACA is not a form of lawful status but DACA recipients, like other deferred action recipients, are considered “lawfully present.”
The rule could still face a legal challenge, as the original program has for years.
Legal hurdles
In July 2021, Judge Andrew Hanen of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas struck down the program, finding that the Department of Homeland Security lacked the authority to implement it.
That ruling allowed existing recipients to apply for renewal but resulted in a block on new DACA applications.
A federal appeals court is currently reviewing that decision. Even with the new rule, DHS cannot grant new DACA requests while Hanen’s ruling is in effect.
Lawmakers have repeatedly failed to enshrine protections for “Dreamers” into law. Late last year, Democrats tried to include legislative protections for undocumented immigrants in a sweeping budget reconciliation package, but the proposal was nixed by the Senate parliamentarian.
In March 2021, the House passed a bill to provide a pathway to citizenship for “Dreamers,” but the Senate has not considered that bill.
(Excerpt) Read more at rollcall.com ...
where in passed and signed laws are these rules?
scotus has already ruled on making up your own rules.
Dreamers are still here.
DACA applicants should start paying taxes the second they apply ,LOL
Deport them all via boat...
No possessions... No carry-ons... No backpacks... No clothes...
Let them choose Sudan or Venezuela...
Drop them off in international waters... Let them swim to shore...
What, if any, protections are there for citizens?
Congress has the exclusive, enumerated authority to establish a uniform rule of naturalization. There is NO executive authority to circumvent that authority. Unless there is a law, passed by Congress, they are NOT here legally.
...must lack a serious criminal record
So immigration offenses are not serious? Crimes committed that somehow got expunged are not serious?
Who defines "serious"? These days, murderers, rapists, and arsonists are all let go quickly, so those must not be "serious" offenses.
In other words, NOTHING at all will disqualify one of these invaders.
What a crock of shee-it.
Even defining it as a crime is somewhat of an understatement. It's a violation of national sovereignty. Whether a foreigner steps across the border with a gun, a baby in the womb, or just their own musty @ss carcass, they are an invader.
DACA could have been killed before it got started if we had had an opposition party that sued to stop it.
1000%. That's what happens when we have enemies in control of our government.
“Dreamers are still here.”
And will always be here. Personally, I’d be happy if DeSantis, or Trump for that matter, makes a blanket statement declaring that EVERY SINGLE ILLEGAL that arrived here after Jan 21, 2021 will be deported and prohibited from ever entering the country again, much less emigrating here.
But we haven’t, and we won’t.
Jan 21, 2021?
Leave off the date. EVERY ILLEGAL here will be deported. End of story.
What part of executive duties does this illegitimate biden administration not understand. The mostly illegitimate as well legislative branch of OUR government is supposed do our bidding. Not boden doing theirs by edicit.
We can fix it all in November. Stop the steal.
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