oscar 104 Report post Posted July 12, 2020 Trump vowed yesterday to issue a new executive order on immigration. Appears this will deal with DACA (Dreamers) -Road to Citizenship - Ted Cruz has already said that Trump does not have the power to do this. Appears he also wants to tinker with some other issues. like the Diversity lottery and certain visa categories. Trump has largely shut down the issuance of green card visas and new work visas until January 2021 due to Covid -19 pandemic. The HIB visa program will also be restructured. As we are a few months away from the election in November, its all about winning votes. Lets see what happens in the next three to four weeks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adder 21 Report post Posted July 12, 2020 Interesting. Let’s wait and see.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JumpingJasonFlash 106 Report post Posted July 12, 2020 Sounds like a feckless election push, especially considering significant changes like these would require an act of Congress and will almost certainly be challenged and lose in court. As always. Not that Trump, given his incoherent word salad of a statement, seems to even know The difference between a “bill” and an “executive order”... so it’ll be interesting to see how his own party reacts if he issues an order in favor of DACA protections. Having said that, I would put nothing past the current administration to push way beyond the very limits of a Executive power and do absolutely anything before November, especially given the GOP’s complete and utter lack of interest in anything but federal judge appointments in the Senate. Not to mention fearing for their own political fortunes ahead of Nov, which could very well be a Senate blowout akin to the House blowout in 2018. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shaun 34 Report post Posted July 15, 2020 Quote which could very well be a Senate blowout akin to the House blowout in 2018 We can only hope Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SJ272 146 Report post Posted July 15, 2020 . Gee, I wonder if this sudden rush to protect DACA (which used to be terrible, remember) has anything to do with Texas becoming a swing state. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adder 21 Report post Posted July 18, 2020 On 7/12/2020 at 12:19 PM, JumpingJasonFlash said: Sounds like a feckless election push, especially considering significant changes like these would require an act of Congress and will almost certainly be challenged and lose in court. As always. Not that Trump, given his incoherent word salad of a statement, seems to even know The difference between a “bill” and an “executive order”... so it’ll be interesting to see how his own party reacts if he issues an order in favor of DACA protections. Having said that, I would put nothing past the current administration to push way beyond the very limits of a Executive power and do absolutely anything before November, especially given the GOP’s complete and utter lack of interest in anything but federal judge appointments in the Senate. Not to mention fearing for their own political fortunes ahead of Nov, which could very well be a Senate blowout akin to the House blowout in 2018. Mmmm quite a political rant... you’ve said your piece now I’ll say mine.....thank God the Democrats are not in power.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JumpingJasonFlash 106 Report post Posted July 18, 2020 On 7/15/2020 at 1:17 PM, SJ272 said: . Gee, I wonder if this sudden rush to protect DACA (which used to be terrible, remember) has anything to do with Texas becoming a swing state. Texas... and Arizona. Come November AZ could have two Democrat Senators to go along with the 5 (out of 9) existing House members. McSally has a shocking record on immigration and DACA (not to mention most other policies), which cost her in 2018. Not to mention her “military cred” she has been trying to ride to Washington is all but useless when she’s now facing Mark Kelly a former Navy Captain, NASA astronaut, engineer, and husband of Gabby Giffords. Yikes! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adder 21 Report post Posted July 19, 2020 On 7/15/2020 at 4:17 PM, SJ272 said: . Gee, I wonder if this sudden rush to protect DACA (which used to be terrible, remember) has anything to do with Texas becoming a swing state. DACA is still a temporary stop gap measure for poor younger Illegals here. They still have no status in the USA and no path to Citizenship because Obama couldn’t get the dreamers act passed in Congress... another Democratic hot mess.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites