Trump Risks GOP Civil War in Pushing Congress for ‘Dreamer’ Bill
- Former Trump aide Bannon is stoking a battle over the issue
- President made decision without consulting Republicans
Former Senator John Danforth on Trump's DACA Decision
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President Donald Trump’s decision to end an Obama-era program preventing the deportation of immigrants illegally brought to the U.S. as children risks a deep wedge between the Republican Party’s leaders and its conservative base ahead of next year’s congressional elections.
In announcing an end to the program in the next six months, Trump called on Congress to pass legislation to codify the protections President Barack Obama created for about 800,000 people, called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA.