BORDER/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump declared as ‘dead’ on Monday [4-2-18] a program that protects immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children and pressed Congress to ‘immediately’ pass legislation to secure the U.S. border with Mexico.Trump, who has taken a hard line toward immigration, said in September he would terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program introduced by his Democratic predecessor Barack Obama, but gave the Republican-controlled Congress until March 6 to replace it. Congress failed to meet that deadline, but courts have ruled the program can remain in place for now…It was unclear whether Trump, in any new immigration legislation, would support safeguards for people protected by DACA. The White House did not respond to requests for comment on Trump’s tweets.”
-Richard Cowan, Makini Brice, “Trump declares DACA ‘dead,’ urges Congress to act on border,” Reuters, April 2, 2018 5:17am