The new Merit Based system EO

[pablo2752 106]

This is totally pointless discussion because a president has no power to create any kind of sweeping immigration reforms - it has to go to Congress. 

[Crazy Cat 41,985]

9 minutes ago, pablo2752 said:

This is totally pointless discussion because a president has no power to create any kind of sweeping immigration reforms - it has to go to Congress. 

He can certainly make proposals to Congress......it will be interesting to see what he does/proposes about DACA.....I find it odd that DACA could be created by EO, yet, cannot be ended by EO. 

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[pablo2752 106]

He definitely can, but with constant in-fighting within Republicans and Democrats, I honestly don't see that coming. 

[geowrian 22,337]

1 hour ago, Lucky Cat said:

He can certainly make proposals to Congress......it will be interesting to see what he does/proposes about DACA.....I find it odd that DACA could be created by EO, yet, cannot be ended by EO. 

Actually, there was no legal argument that he could not end DACA. All sides were on the same page that he absolutely could. The issue was not that he wanted to do so, but the process by which it was done being in violation of the APA.

The government isn't a business - you can't just say "stop x" and it goes away. There's a bunch of processes and regulations required to implement those changes.

That's why the current POTUS has had so many problems doing anything with immigration beyond visas. He's just not a process person. With visas, he has significantly more authority via INA 212(f) and the APA is also less applicable to visas, so he's had much more success in that area.