--- title: Donald Trump's Full Statement on Rescinding DACA description: Read Trump's statement following Jeff Sessions' announcement that the Trump Administration has decided to rescind the DACA program canonical: https://time.com/4927495/donald-trump-statement-daca-rescind/ author: Kate Samuelson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-05T16:27:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T11:13:38.537Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read President Trump's Full Statement on Rescinding DACA og:description: 'It is now time for Congress to act!' og:url: https://time.com/4927495/donald-trump-statement-daca-rescind/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb827945005e03c22/6988dc4fcf40a83954c493b7/gettyimages-842214532.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: President Trump Attends Church Service On National Day Of Prayer og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read President Trump's Full Statement on Rescinding DACA twitter:description: 'It is now time for Congress to act!' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb827945005e03c22/6988dc4fcf40a83954c493b7/gettyimages-842214532.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read President Trump's Full Statement on Rescinding DACA by [Kate Samuelson](/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Sep 5, 2017 4:27 PM CUT  President Donald Trump departs St. John's Church on Sept. 3, 2017 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump departs St. John's Church on Sept. 3, 2017 in Washington, DC.Chris Kleponis—PoolGetty Images by [Kate Samuelson](/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Sep 5, 2017 4:27 PM CUT Attorney General [Jeff Sessions](http://time.com/4927060/jeff-sessions-daca-announcement/ "undefined") announced Tuesday that the Trump Administration has decided to [rescind Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals](http://time.com/4927227/daca-undocumented-dreamers-jeff-sessions/ "undefined"), or DACA, a program established under President Barack Obama that protects some undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children. DACA, which some Republicans argue is an overreach of executive power, has kept nearly 800,000 immigrants from deportation since its implementation in 2012. Following Sessions’ announcement from the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., the White House released a statement from President Donald Trump, in which he accused President Obama of “making an end-run around Congress and violating the core tenets that sustain our Republic.” Read his full statement below. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4927495/donald-trump-statement-daca-rescind/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4927495/donald-trump-statement-daca-rescind/"},"headline":"Read President Trump's Full Statement on Rescinding DACA","datePublished":"2017-09-05T16:27:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T11:13:38.537Z","description":"'It is now time for Congress to act!'","url":"https://time.com/4927495/donald-trump-statement-daca-rescind/","keywords":["White House","President Obama","DACA","Jeff Sessions","onetime","president trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb827945005e03c22/6988dc4fcf40a83954c493b7/gettyimages-842214532.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kate Samuelson","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb827945005e03c22/6988dc4fcf40a83954c493b7/gettyimages-842214532.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Trump Attends Church Service On National Day Of Prayer","caption":"President Trump Attends Church Service On National Day Of Prayer","creditText":"Chris Kleponis—PoolGetty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4927495/donald-trump-statement-daca-rescind/","name":"Read President Trump's Full Statement on Rescinding DACA"}}]}] ```