The president decided to delay enforcement of his decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, programme, so as to give Congress time to devise legislation to replace it, the sources said.
DACA, an Obama-era programme, protects nearly 800,000 young
men and women, often called “Dreamers” from deportation.
The decision, to be announced on Tuesday (September 5), will
seek to placate both sides in the immigration debate at a time when the
president is also grappling with North Korea’s nuclear program and Houston’s
recovery from Hurricane Harvey.
Trump made a crackdown on illegal immigrants a centerpiece
of his 2016 election campaign and has stepped up deportations since taking
office in January. But business leaders say immigrants make important economic
contributions and that ending the program would hit economic growth and tax
revenue.
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