# Silly Question on DACA

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**Created:** [September 5, 2017, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-question-on-daca/795549 "2017-09-05T13:59:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-question-on-daca/795549/31 "2017-09-07T17:08:13Z")

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> [@Bricker](#):
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> Can you expand on this claim a bit?

There was a thread where this is discussed a little more than a year ago. [Post #79 here:](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19372546&postcount=79)

> [@The President … shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-shall-take-care-that-the-laws-be-faithfully-executed/743910/79):
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> Some interesting developments ahead of an expected opinion later this month.
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> The original judge at the district level has just [issued sanctions](http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/nlj/texas_order_20160519.pdf) against the DOJ based on the fact that DOJ lawyers apparently lied during proceedings of this case. The [DOJ has responded](http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/nlj/DOJ_TEXAS_20160531.pdf) here.
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> The gist is that during the proceedings DOJ lawyers said that they were not in fact already engaging in the challenged conduct [Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA)]. But the DOJ lawyers knew that this was not true and there were in fact deferrals already approved. Somewhere to the tune of 100K incidents.  
> …

I hope I’m remembering the sequence of events correctly.

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