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Immigration,
Government,
Administrative/Regulatory

Oct. 26, 2017

Dreamers need a law, not an executive order

With all due respect, the assurance of the president of the United States, who on more than one occasion said, "Dreamers should rest easy," is not law. DACA needs a legislative fix and not a temporary push for executive authority.

Frank V. Zerunyan

Professor
USC Sol Price School of Public Policy

Email: Frank.zerunyan@usc.edu

Frank a professor of the practice of governance at USC and is mayor of Rolling Hills Estates

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Dreamers need a law, not an executive order
People protest the decision to end the DACA program, outside Trump Tower in Manhattan, Sept. 5. (New York Times News Service)

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, known as DACA, is "on shaky legal ground" said Sen. Diane Feinstein of California. United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions called it "an unconstitutional exercise of authority." Yet, 15 state attorney generals, including New York and Washington, filed a law suit challenging the end of DACA as a program. California filed its own lawsuit. California Attorney General Becerra, wowed to sue the Trump administration "for one simp...

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