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Trump right to rescind DACA

President Donald Trump
President Donald Trump AP

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals was an executive order signed by Barack Obama. He admitted that it was a temporary order and that the issue would eventually have to be decided on by the Congress. President Trump did the right thing by rescinding the order.

Presidents cannot write the law. Only Congress can do that.

Russell Lipscomb

Columbia

This story was originally published September 14, 2017 at 3:58 PM with the headline "Trump right to rescind DACA."

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