House Speaker Paul Ryan responded Tuesday to Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ announcement that the president will be rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program which allows those who came to the country illegally as minors and meet certain criteria to remain without being deported. The administration rescinded the decision with a six-month delay for current recipients, a delay that gives Congress time to respond with legislation.
“However well-intentioned, President Obama’s DACA program was a clear abuse of executive authority, an attempt to create law out of thin air,” Ryan said. “Just as the courts have already struck down similar Obama policy, this was never a viable long-term solution to this challenge. Congress writes laws, not the president, and ending this program fulfills a promise that President Trump made to restore the proper role of the executive and legislative branches.”
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