Trump says he will sign immigration order with road to citizenship for ‘Dreamers’
- President says executive order will involve programme that protects those who arrived in US illegally as children from deportation
- Supreme Court recently blocked Trump’s attempt to end DACA, which was created by Obama in 2012
US President Donald Trump said on Friday he will sign an executive order on immigration in the next few weeks with a road to citizenship for migrants who are in the United States illegally but arrived in the country as children.
In an interview with Spanish-language television network Telemundo, Trump said one aspect of the measure will involve Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), the programme that protects hundreds of thousands of such immigrants – often called “Dreamers” – from deportation.
“I’m going to do a big executive order … And I’m going to make DACA a part of it,” Trump said. “We’re going to have a road to citizenship.”
The US Supreme Court last month dealt a major setback to Trump’s hardline immigration policies, blocking his bid to end DACA, which was created in 2012 by his Democratic predecessor Barack Obama.
The ruling did not prevent Trump from trying again to end the programme. But his administration may find it difficult to rescind it – and win any ensuing legal battle – before the November 3 election in which he is seeking a second term in office.