Biden: Trump’s Decision To End DACA ‘Cruel’ And ‘Not America’

Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during an event to formally launch the Biden Institute, a research and policy center focused on domestic issues at the University of Delaware, in Newark, Del., Monday, March 13,... Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during an event to formally launch the Biden Institute, a research and policy center focused on domestic issues at the University of Delaware, in Newark, Del., Monday, March 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) MORE LESS
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Former Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday called President Donald Trump’s decision to end DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, “cruel.”

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that Trump had rescinded the program earlier Tuesday morning. DACA protects nearly 800,000 undocumented young people from deportation. That protection will expire as early as March 6 for some DACA recipients.

DACA recipients whose permits expire on or before March 5, 2018 can apply by Oct. 5 of this year for a two year extension.

Former President Barack Obama said before leaving office that Trump ending DACA would warrant a response from him, though the former President has not yet commented on the development.

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  1. Brought by parents, these children had no choice in coming here. Now they’ll be sent to countries they’ve never known. Cruel. Not America.

    Feature, not a bug.
  2. Avatar for imkmu3 imkmu3 says:

    Please Democrats, don’t just counter this with a tweet. Twitter is meaningless and useless. This issue demands more than a sound bite defense.

  3. Avatar for imkmu3 imkmu3 says:

    But it reads like any other tweet–forgettable after a few minutes.

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