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the national interest
Sept. 8, 2017
5 Reasons Why a Dreamer Bill Could Really Happen Could Trump’s one legislative achievement be a bill to help immigrants?
By Jonathan Chait
Why This Dreamer Risked Deportation to Protest Donald Trump Basilisa Alonso is one of nine undocumented youths who were arrested for protesting Donald Trump’s repeal of the DACA program.
By Claire Landsbaum
15 States Sue Trump Over Decision to End DACA Attorneys are arguing that the president was motivated by racism.
By Caroline Bankoff
Gina Rodriguez Is Producing Immigration Dramas for CBS and CW One show will be about a teenager who would have qualified for DACA.
By Tolly Wright
Trump Promises to ‘Revisit’ DACA in 6 Months, Though That Isn’t Really Possible He suggested that if Congress fails to act, he’ll extend the program himself, though his administration spent the day arguing that that’s illegal.
By Margaret Hartmann
last night on late night
Sept. 6, 2017
Watch Late-Night Hosts React to Trump’s DACA Announcement Colbert, Kimmel, and Meyers blasted the president’s decision.
By Tolly Wright
Politicians React to Trump’s Decision to Rescind DACA The decision has split members of the Republican Party.
By Samantha Lee
Your Guide to Fighting Trump’s Decision to End DACA How to protest and who in Congress to call to stand up for the rights of immigrants.
By Lisa Ryan
the national interest
Sept. 5, 2017
Trump’s Immigration Plan Is Obamacare Repeal All Over An incoherent president can’t decide which promise to break, tries to get Congress to figure it out for him.
By Jonathan Chait
Trump’s Cowardly Dodge on DACA The president has again demonstrated that the rule of law is a nonconcern for his administration.
By Cristian Farias
Will Congress Save Dreamers From Their Trump-Induced Nightmare? Here’s why the congressional GOP might pass protections for DACA recipients – and why they might not.
By Eric Levitz
first family
Sept. 5, 2017
‘Dreamers’ Held a Candlelight Vigil Outside Ivanka and Jared’s Home In hopes the couple would convince the president to extend DACA protections.
By Claire Landsbaum
immigration
Sept. 5, 2017
Trump Asks for a ‘Way Out’ on DACA, Aides Offer a Sloppy Dodge It seems they decided not to tell him the states’ September 5 deadline is irrelevant.
By Margaret Hartmann
Reports: Trump to End DACA With 6-Month Delay It’s likely up to Congress to save the program now.
By Benjamin Hart
Paul Ryan Backs Bill to Give Dreamers Legal Status The Speaker urges Trump not to end DACA — and Congress to give undocumented people who were raised in America permanent legal status.
By Eric Levitz
Disowning Dreamers Would Be Donald Trump’s Worst Deal Yet He seems to be letting himself get hoodwinked by a meaningless threat.
By Cristian Farias
Trump May End DACA — and Still Hold Dreamers Hostage A reported go-slow approach to rescinding DACA is compatible with a strategy of making Dreamers part of a broader immigration deal.
By Ed Kilgore
What Trump Should Tell Houston’s Dreamers More than 56,000 in the storm-ravaged city could be affected by the president’s policy change.
By Cristian Farias
Report: President Trump Is ‘Likely’ to End DACA The program covers nearly 800,000 young people in the U.S.
By Adam K. Raymond
Could Trump Hold Dreamers Hostage for Border-Wall Funding? The administration may be forced by the courts to cancel protection for Dreamers. So it could be time for a grand bargain to get border-wall funding.
By Ed Kilgore
780,000 Dreamers in Danger of Deportation Trump may be pushed by a lawsuit to keep his 2016 promise to kill DACA and deport Dreamers — or they could become a pawn for nativists in Congress.
By Ed Kilgore
Making Sense of Trump’s Announcement About Dreamers He left in place a policy protecting young undocumented immigrants while canceling protections for their parents. It’s unclear what’s next.
By Ed Kilgore
immigration
Apr. 20, 2017
Sessions Says He ‘Can’t Promise’ That Dreamers Won’t Be Deported He clarified the Trump administration’s stance after a 23-year-old, who claims he had DACA status, was deported.
By Margaret Hartmann