Republican lawmakers criticized the Supreme Court ruling in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) case, which ruled in favor of DACA recipients, 5-4, …
Republican lawmakers criticized the Supreme Court ruling in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) case, which ruled in favor of DACA recipients,5-4, for the time being. GOP lawmakers criticized the decision as “unlawful” and “unconstitutional.”
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S. C.) said he was “stunned” to learn of the recent Supreme Court decision in the case, saying the original action taken by President Barack Obama was “illegal on its face.”
“I was stunned. I told the president Tuesday night, ‘You know, I don’t think you can lose this one.’ Well, what do I know?” said Graham.
On Thursday the Supreme Court handed down a decision that the DACA program can continue because the Trump administration failed to follow the right procedures when it tried to rescind DACA.
Although the program could be abolished in the future if the Trump administration follows proper procedures, the decision sets up an election-year fight over a program that has offered protection to about 700,000 illegal immigrants who were brought into the United States as children.
“Here’s what the court said: You can rescind the policy of Obama, you just have to do it differently then you chose to do it.
