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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 3056049" data-attributes="member: 1246">&quot;When <a href="http://www.dreamersare.us/2012/06/how-can-president-stop-deportation-of.html" target="_blank">President Barack Obama launched Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for DREAMers</a>, he did so without the approval of Congress (which makes all laws in America) and relied on two provisions that allow the President to set priorities in enforcement (to make the best use of government resources and focus on what is important) and another one that gives <a href="http://www.dreamersare.us/2012/06/what-is-meant-by-prosecutorial.html" target="_blank">prosecutors some discretion in enforcing the law</a> (that is why some times prosecutors decide not to prosecute someone).&nbsp; The president pretty much has absolute power in this matter, though, legally, he can be penalized for it by Congress through impeachment.&nbsp; As soon as <a href="http://www.dreamersare.us/2012/06/welcome-dreamers-to-your-american-dream.html" target="_blank">DACA was announced</a>, the ICE agents who believed that they were being asked to not enforce US immigration laws challenged it in court.&nbsp; It seems, though, that the <a href="http://www.dreamersare.us/2012/06/can-i-apply-for-deferred-action-for.html" target="_blank">DACA program</a> will be declared unconstitutional by Federal Judge Reed O’Connor because it violates American immigration laws.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 3056049, member: 1246"] "When [URL='http://www.dreamersare.us/2012/06/how-can-president-stop-deportation-of.html']President Barack Obama launched Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for DREAMers[/URL], he did so without the approval of Congress (which makes all laws in America) and relied on two provisions that allow the President to set priorities in enforcement (to make the best use of government resources and focus on what is important) and another one that gives [URL='http://www.dreamersare.us/2012/06/what-is-meant-by-prosecutorial.html']prosecutors some discretion in enforcing the law[/URL] (that is why some times prosecutors decide not to prosecute someone). The president pretty much has absolute power in this matter, though, legally, he can be penalized for it by Congress through impeachment. As soon as [URL='http://www.dreamersare.us/2012/06/welcome-dreamers-to-your-american-dream.html']DACA was announced[/URL], the ICE agents who believed that they were being asked to not enforce US immigration laws challenged it in court. It seems, though, that the [URL='http://www.dreamersare.us/2012/06/can-i-apply-for-deferred-action-for.html']DACA program[/URL] [I][B]will be declared unconstitutional[/B][/I] by Federal Judge Reed O’Connor because it violates American immigration laws." [/QUOTE]

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