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Ken Paxton: “DACA was no different [from DAPA].”

Featuring: Ken Paxton, Republican | Attorney General of Texas

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Politics Today - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Interview KMAR Local 4 News

Published | Video Starts at 03:44

DAPA went all the way to the Supreme Court and we were successful in basically stopping Obama's probably one of his keystone initiatives. And it was done completely unconstitutionally and DACA was no different [from DAPA]. And so we have had our first hearing. We're waiting for future, I guess, rulings and then ultimately I'm sure we'll end up in the fifth Circuit and it would not surprise me if it ends up in the U.S. supreme Court. (03:44–03:49)

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Asserts that DACA is similar to DAPA in terms of legal challenges.

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