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Thanks much for your honesty & integrity here, eohrnberger. I'd give you two 'likes' if I could.
And not to be ungrateful, but I must point-out two things:
1] DAPA was not struck down on constitutional terms (nor was it affirmed). Rather, a stay from a lower court, not the case itself, was adjudicated (it was left in place). Obama never moved against the stay, so the lower court case summarily never proceeded or concluded in a verdict. If that lower court case ever preceded & concluded, then it could go to the SCOTUS for the constitutionality test it never had.
2] Just because Obama believes his DACA directive may have been unconstitutional, does not mean it is unconstitutional. In fact, the courts have never had a problem with DACA.
So yeah, neither DACA nor DAPA ever had a constitutionality test. Which in legal terms means they're legit, until proven not in a court of law. For better or worse.
Which is the federal government body in charge of writing and passing laws? Including immigration laws?
Didn't think it was the executive branch. Didn't think it could be legitimately done with a pen and a phone.