WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s choice anticipated in the coming weeks on the fate of the young immigrants called “Dreamers” could trigger an election-year headache for President Donald Trump – even if he wins the legal fight.
FILE PICTURE: Demonstrators rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court as justices were scheduled to hear oral arguments in the debt consolidation of 3 cases before the court regarding the Trump administration’s bid to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in Washington, U.S., November 12,2019 REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Picture
The Republican president in 2017 looked for to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program produced by his Democratic predecessor Barack Obama in 2012, however his move was obstructed by lower courts. The program grants deportation relief and work allows – but not a path to citizenship – to 649,000 immigrants brought to the United States illegally as kids.
Trump is looking for re-election on Nov. 3. If the court sides with Trump and permits him to end a program whose enrollment is heavily Hispanic, he might risk more alienating a voting bloc that could play a crucial function in identifying the result in election battlefield states like Arizona and Florida.
The court, whose 5-4 conservative majority includes two justices selected by Trump, heard arguments in the event in November and is expected to rule by the end of June or early July, but might do so as early as Monday. The conservative justices throughout the arguments signaled sympathy toward letting Trump end