On the recordSeptember 10, 2014
The deferral of deportation under DACA is a written determination from the President that the individuals who receive this, No. 1, will be immune from the black-letter text of the immigration law that subjects them to removal; and No. 2, the administration has created an authorization-to-work document as a component of DACA that has no basis or authority in existing Federal law. Let us be clear. The President has been absolutely explicit. He intends to expand that to another 5 or 6 million people who are here illegally.
