Originally Posted by
MW
That's what you're not understanding. It is completely within the constitutional powers of the U.S. Congress to write law on immigration matters and that would include a temporary amnesty to protect the illegals currently enrolled in DACA if they so choose. Geez, all one has to do is research history and they'll see that there have been plenty of amnesties passed into law.
The U.S. Constitution does not prohibit the U.S. Congress from creating laws concerning immigration nor does the Constitution provide for the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule a law passed by the Congress that is constitutional.
So, in summary, you're fooling yourself if you think the U.S. Congress doesn't have the authority under the Constitution to provide protective status to a set group of individuals. If what you're saying was true the Congress wouldn't have the authority to pass the DREAM Act, RAC Act, Bridge Act, Hope Act or any other bill currently being considered. So yes, the Congress can pass any plan they want to protect the DACA folks. However, what can't happen, no matter how bad Trump wants it, the President can't continue to extend the unconstitutional DACA program on his own without challenge. He, just like Obama, doesn't have the authority to do so.