Is there also confusion about deportations?
Via NRO
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson wrote “an open letter to the parents of children crossing our southwest border” in which he explained that the children do not qualify for President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
“The U.S. Government’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, also called ‘DACA,’ does not apply to a child who crosses the U.S. border illegally today, tomorrow or yesterday,” Johnson offered as the first reason for why “sending your child to travel illegally into the United States is not the solution,” per the DHS translation of the letter.
“To be eligible for DACA, a child must have been in the United States prior to June 15, 2007 – seven years ago,” he explained.
The Spanish language op-ed is an implicit admission from the administration that the parents view DACA — a program created by Obama in 2012 when he announced that the administration would not enforce immigration laws against children who would have benefited from the DREAM Act — as a reason to send their children to the country.