1. DACA Rescinded - Links and Info (Jeff Carter)
2. Policy Update (Jeff Carter)

NSC's blog post: A Window of Opportunity for Congress: <https://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/news/blog/a-window-of-opportunity-for-congress-creating-a-permanent-fix-for-immigrant-dreamers> Creating a Permanent Fix for Dreamers. On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 6:32 PM, < members-request@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> wrote: > Send Members mailing list submissions to > members@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/ > mailman/listinfo/members_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > members-request@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > members-owner@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Members digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. DACA Rescinded - Links and Info (Jeff Carter) > 2. Policy Update (Jeff Carter) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 15:34:52 -0400 > From: Jeff Carter <jcarter@literacypolicy.org> > To: Nation Coalition for Literacy > <members@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> > Subject: [NCL Members] DACA Rescinded - Links and Info > Message-ID: <3DDF913D-7059-44F1-8275-F9046015FA41@literacypolicy.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hello everyone, > > I figure everyone on this list has seen Trump?s announcement this morning > that he is rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) > program. > > Bottom line is that as of today the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) > will no longer accept new applications for DACA, although the > Administration is providing a six month window in which "it will adjudicate > certain requests for DACA and associated applications meeting certain > parameters.? In essences, applications that have been submitted but haven?t > been approved yet. Anyway, the six month phase-out is supposedly to give > Congress time to pass a legislative solution. > > Thought I?d pass along a few links that might be helpful. > > The Department of Homeland Security's memorandum on the DACA rescission: > > https://www.dhs.gov/news/2017/09/05/memorandum-rescission-daca > > A couple of links to statement from NCL Members (please share if you have > one): > > MPI: "All Eyes Turn to Congress, Following Trump Decision to Terminate > DACA Program? http://www.migrationpolicy.org/news/all-eyes-turn- > congress-following-trump-decision-terminate-daca-program > > CLASP: "Trump?s Decision to End the DACA Program Is a Blow to Our Nation?s > Values and Future? http://www.clasp.org/news-room/news-releases/trumps- > decision-to-end-the-daca-program-is-a-blow-to-our- > nations-values-and-future > > I tweeted this morning an interesting tidbit from the Times story > regarding the president?s basic competence. It also has one of the greatest > anonymous source attributions I?ve ever seen: > > "As late as one hour before the decision was to be announced, > administration officials privately expressed concern that Mr. Trump might > not fully grasp the details of the steps he was about to take, and when he > discovered their full impact, would change his mind, according to a person > familiar with their thinking who spoke on condition of anonymity without > authorization to comment on it." (my emphasis) > https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/05/us/politics/trump-daca- > dreamers-immigration.html > > Jeff > > > Jeff Carter > Cell: (202) 374-4387 | @jeffcrtr > > > > Past President & Policy Advisor > National Coalition for Literacy > www.national-coalition-literacy.org <http://www.national- > coalition-literacy.org/> > jcarter@literacypolicy.org <mailto:jcarter@literacypolicy.org> > Vice-President, Committee for Education Funding > > > Executive Director > Physicians for Social Responsibility > 1111 14th St, NW, Suite 700 > Washington, DC 20005 > www.psr.org <http://www.psr.org/> | jcarter@psr.org <mailto: > jcarter@psr.org> > > >