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One of Georgia’s U.S. Senators just informed me that DACA was created by executive order. It wasn’t.

Note: The below just arrived via email. I inserted an educational link. All Executive Orders are numbered. I link HERE Obama’s Executive Orders. Please let us know if you find DACA? For the 10000000000th time, it wasn’t an EO.

A response from Johnny Isakson

Thank you for contacting me regarding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. I appreciate hearing from you and am glad to have the opportunity to respond.

In June 2012, the Obama administration created the “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals” (DACA) program by executive order. The program allowed those who came to the United States before the age of 16 to obtain a temporary stay of deportation and a work permit for two years on a renewable basis as long as they met specific criteria. Recipients were required to have arrived before June 2007; be attending school, have graduated or earned a GED, or have served in the military; and have not committed a serious crime or posed a threat to national security.

On September 5, 2017, the Trump administration announced that the Department of Homeland Security will no longer accept new applications for relief under DACA but will honor existing work permits until they expire. If an existing work permit expires before March 5, 2018, the holder can apply for a new two-year extension by October 5, 2017. Applications that are currently pending will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

I believe Congress should protect the young people who received status under DACA while working towards stronger measures to secure our borders and enforce our immigration laws going forward. Those who come to our country legally should be welcomed to share in the pursuit of the American dream. However, securing our borders and ending the opportunity for illegal entry is critical to the defense of our nation. It is crucial to our state and to our nation that we secure our borders, reject amnesty, and restore credibility to our immigration system.

Thank you again for contacting me. If I can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me again.

Sincerely,
Johnny Isakson
United States Senator

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