When it comes to the effect of the Supreme Court's immigration decision on the millions of young “Dreamers” who were brought illegally to the United States as kids, President Barack Obama is hoping that saying something often enough wills it to be true.
During his abruptly announced appearance in the White House briefing room Thursday, Obama said no fewer than six times that the court's deadlock effectively killing his second round of immigration executive actions would have no impact on Round One: his 2012 move granting work permits and other benefits to millions of undocumented immigrants whose parents brought them here while they were minors.
"The deferred action policy that has been in place for the last four years is not affected by this ruling," the president insisted. "The work that we've done with the DREAM Act kids, those policies remain in place....This does not substantially change the status quo."
Legal experts and former Obama administration officials aren't so sure about that.
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