Republicans to Trump: DACA Schoen

Published September 5, 2017 5:41pm ET



For a town accustomed to punting major policy issues, the Trump administration’s boot of DACA to Congress could nab it a Pro Bowl nod.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Tuesday that the Homeland Security department was rescinding the Obama-era policy granting deportation deferrals and employment authorization to certain illegal immigrant children. But the timetable for winding down the program is staggered: Current DACA beneficiaries will be unaffected until the end of their work permits, and DHS will receive and consider renewal requests until early October for those whose eligibility expires before March 6, 2018. Deferred action runs for two years.

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