Trump Ends DACA, Calls On Congress To Act

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🗓️ 5 September 2017

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

The Obama-era program, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, granted legal protections for roughly 800,000 people. It will expire in six months. This episode: host/congressional reporter Scott Detrow, congressional correspondent Susan Davis and national political correspondent Mara Liasson. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, Sam Sanders here.
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0:47.6	All right, on with the show.
0:50.5	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast here to talk about President Trump's decision
0:57.7	to end the deferred action for childhood arrivals program or DACA.
1:01.5	But not today, six months from now.
1:04.6	Trump is effectively challenging Congress to decide what happens to the people the program
1:08.8	protects the roughly 800,000 immigrants who were brought to the US illegally as children.
1:14.9	I'm Scott Detro, I cover Congress for NPR.
1:17.3	I'm Susan Davis.
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