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DACA immigrants are uniquely model Americans

By Casey Given

Published September 7, 2017 4:47pm ET

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DACA immigrants are uniquely model Americans — DACA recipients are not anchor babies. They did not willfully violate any immigration law. They are our neighbors who were brought here without knowledge as children and have made the most of their new country -- oftentimes, the only country they know. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel) | Richard Vogel

On Tuesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the Trump administration will begin phasing out the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy in six months. The 2012 executive action granted temporary amnesty to certain illegal immigrants who entered the country as minors.

Shortly after the announcement, Trump tweeted:

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