On this little slice of immigration policy and the controversies thereover, Bozo has become in yet another way an unreliable Buchananite.
Carlson on GOP Opposition to DACA Rollback: They Show More Affinity for Obama Policies Than Trump’s
Carlson on GOP Opposition to DACA Rollback: ‘Republicans have repeatedly shown their campaign pledges were lies’
It Begins: 18 Republicans Fall in Line to Oppose Trump’s Elimination of DACA
GOP leaders add their voices to the chorus calling for DACA program to stay
These are the WSJ type, establishment, and largely pro-immigration DC GOP leadership against whom Trump ran hard regarding all things immigration related, and with whom his relations have lately been worse than chilly.
But that was then and this is now.
Trump, the last Bannonite in the White House, has revealed himself too much an empty barrel, a blowhard opportunist, to make a reliable paladin for this or, as we have more and more seen, anything else.
During a brief appearance in the Oval Office, Trump responded to shouted questions from reporters by saying he would decide the issue soon.
During his campaign, Trump had repeatedly referred to DACA as an “unconstitutional executive amnesty” and had pledged to end it on his first day in office.
Instead, the Department of Homeland Security has issued an estimated 200,000 new work permits or renewals since Trump took office.
The president has wavered between his desire to appear tough on immigration enforcement and his personal empathy for the dreamers, according to aides.
“We love the dreamers,” Trump told reporters Friday. “We think the dreamers are terrific.”
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