Thank Trump for ending DACA
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The Trump administration was right to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. DACA was unilaterally created by President Barack Obama and allowed children brought to the United States illegally by their parents to stay here. It was bad for immigration enforcement and encouraged more illegal immigration. DACA also provided benefits reserved for American citizens and legal immigrants. “Why come to the U.S. legally if you have the same benefits by coming illegally?” says David Inserra, a policy analyst in Heritage’s Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy. “The U.S. must take a step-by-step approach to our immigration challenges, starting with border security and enforcement of immigration laws, then turning to improving the legal immigration system. Once that is done, we can figure out what to do with those still living here illegally.”
Read an op-ed by Heritage experts, Hans von Spakovsky and David Inserra, in The Hill: