Some Christian advocacy groups are criticizing the Trump administration’s announcement that it will not allow new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security issued a memo saying that it would allow DACA recipients to renew their status after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against a plan that would have ended the program.
The DHS memo, issued by Acting Secretary Chad Wolf, also ordered that all new and pending applications to the program be rejected.
According to the Christian Post, Christian leaders have responded to the memo, expressing worry that the order could put some 300,000 young people at risk.
“While we’re grateful that the administration has not, at this point, again sought to terminate DACA, today’s actions present new hardships for Dreamers, requiring a renewal application and accompanying fee on a more regular basis and seeking to prevent new applicants,” said Scott Arbeiter, president of the National Association of Evangelical’s humanitarian arm, World Relief.
“Furthermore, the memo makes clear that rescission is still ultimately quite possible, which means that hundreds of thousands of young people will continue to live with the fear that the government may ultimately mandate the loss of their jobs or even deport them to countries that they cannot even…
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