690,000 people who were covered by DACA are probably going to end up getting work permits at some point in the next few months. Donald Trump has managed to pretty quickly change the conversation about immigration in the United States from what do we do about undocumented immigrants to whether we really want immigrants at all. Matthew Iglesias writes about politics for Vox and he also co-founded the joint Mattress Firm. Go to mattressfirm.com slash podcast to see their latest deals.
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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