CONGRESS/DEMS/DREAMERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump declared on Monday [4-2-18] that a plan to protect young immigrants from deportation is ‘dead’ and repeated his calls for Mexico to enforce border security laws and prevent immigrants from coming to the United States illegally…. The president on Monday blamed Democrats for weak immigration policy and called on Congress to act, tweeting that ‘our country is being stolen.’ The House and Senate — both controlled by Republicans — are in recess and return next week. Mr. Trump’s declaration that ‘DACA is dead’ is a reference to the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which protected hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation. The president’s position on the program is a moving target. Mr. Trump ended the program last year, but courts have blocked his decision. He also has said that he would sign a bipartisan proposal to protect the young immigrants, but he regularly threatens Democrats that there will be no deal.”
–Eileen Sullivan, “Trump Says DACA Is ‘Dead,’ and Calls on Mexico to Enforce Border Security,” The New York Times online, April 2, 2018