United States: Supreme Court validates status of 700,000 dreamers, setback for Trump

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Supreme Court setback to US President Donald Trump of the eviction. And Donald Trump doesn't like it.

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From our correspondent in Washington,

"  These are horrible political decisions! “, Storm Donald Trump on Twitter. And as if it were a personal matter, he adds: "  Do you not have the impression that the Supreme Court does not love me?  "

Do you get the impression that the Supreme Court doesn't like me?

It was by a small majority - five votes to four - that the highest judicial body in the country rendered its judgment on the "dreamers", these young migrants who arrived illegally in the territory when they were minors.

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The head of the court, Justice Robert, a Conservative, added his voice to that of progressive judges. The court said the president 's desire to cancel the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival ( DACA ) program was "  capricious  " and "  arbitrary  ".

Nearly 700,000 young people affected by the program will therefore be able to continue working and studying legally on American soil with a residence permit renewable every two years.

But this decision will also galvanize and mobilize Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration base. The President already uses it for electoral purposes. "  We need more justice or else we will lose our second amendment, the one that protects the carrying of weapons and everything. Vote Trump 2020! ", He wrote on his twitter thread.

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