US Citizenship and Immigration Services dropped the line about America being quote, a nation of immigrants. They also no longer mention the citizenship part of their mission. The agency doesn't consider it part of its job to help people who are here as immigrants become Americans,. It's kind of implying that that's not even possible.
Today, the United States Supreme Court denied a request from the Trump administration to expedite a decision on DACA. This keeps the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program on life support for a few more months, but also keeps its 690,000 recipients in limbo: Do they stay or do they go? Congress still hasn’t been able to pass a vote on DACA. Vox’s Dara Lind and Matthew Yglesias say that’s because Trump has moved the conversation into unfamiliar territory: from illegal immigration to legal immigration.
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