Trump says 'DACA is dead' in Monday morning tweet

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Apr 2nd 2018 8:03AM

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President Trump on Monday morning echoed his weekend remarks on immigration, declaring “DACA is dead.”

“DACA is dead because the Democrats didn’t care or act, and now everyone wants to get onto the DACA bandwagon…No longer works. Must build Wall and secure our borders with proper Border legislation. Democrats want No Borders, hence drugs and crime!” Trump wrote on Twitter.

“Congress must immediately pass Border Legislation, use Nuclear Option if necessary, to stop the massive inflow of Drugs and People. Border Patrol Agents (and ICE) are GREAT, but the weak Dem laws don’t allow them to do their job. Act now Congress, our country is being stolen!” he wrote in another tweet.

These tweets follow his weekend posts, in which he stated in part, “Republicans must go to Nuclear Option to pass tough laws NOW. NO MORE DACA DEAL!”

Trump announced in September that he would be ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and asked lawmakers to come up with a legislative solution for ‘Dreamers,’ undocumented immigrants brought into the U.S. as children.

However, the New York Times notes, “[Trump] has repeatedly backed away from potential deals that he argues do not include immigration changes that are tough enough.”

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'Affluenza' Texan Ethan Couch, who killed four driving drunk, to be released from jail

MARICE RICHTER

Apr 2nd 2018 8:32AM

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FORT WORTH, Texas, April 2 (Reuters) - A Texan who was dubbed the "affluenza teen" is due to be released from jail on Monday after serving nearly two years for killing four people while driving drunk and later fleeing to Mexico with his mother.

The case made headlines worldwide after lawyers for Ethan Couch argued that his wealthy upbringing impaired his ability to tell right from wrong.

Couch, who is being released a few days before his 21st birthday, will remain under strict probation supervision after he is freed from the Tarrant County Jail, the county sheriff's office said.

No time has been set for his release, but the sheriff's office for the county, which includes Fort Worth, begins processing inmates at 8 a.m. (1300 GMT), office spokesman David McClelland said.

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"Mr. Couch will be processed when his folder is pulled," he said in an email.

Couch was 16 and had a blood alcohol level three times the legal limit for an adult when he struck and killed four people in June 2013 with his pickup truck.

At his trial in juvenile court that year, a psychologist testifying on his behalf described Couch as suffering from "affluenza." The psychologist said it was an affliction brought on by being spoiled by his parents and that it had skewed his moral compass.

Couch was sentenced to 10 years of probation, sparking outrage from critics who ridiculed the affluenza defense and said his family's wealth had helped keep him out of jail.

But in late 2015, when a social media video surfaced that showed him in possible violation of his drug-and-drink-free probation, he and his mother, Tonya Couch, fled the United States for Mexico, where the two were later apprehended and deported.

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In 2016, a Tarrant County judge transferred Ethan Couch's probation supervision to the adult system and ordered him to serve 720 days in jail, 180 days for each of his four victims.

That sentence was seen as the maximum possible, given the various legal mechanisms of a case that spanned the juvenile and adult systems, legal officials said.

His mother, 50, had been free on bond while awaiting trial on charges related to aiding her son flee the country. She was sent back to jail last week for violating her probation by failing a drug test, according to online jail records and local law enforcement. (Reporting by Marice Richter and Jon Herskovitz; Editing by Daniel Wallis and Steve Orlofsky)

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Salvation Prayer....04/01/2018..
Is He The One You Have Been Looking For?  

Dear Jesus, 

I know I am a sinner. I pray that you will forgive me for all of my sins, that you will come into my heart and be my Lord, the savior of my life. I confess that you died on the cross to save me from my sins and I am committed to turning away from those sins. I ask that you fill me with your Holy Spirit so that I can be born again. I ask that you give me the strength and abundant faith to overcome any and all attacks by the enemy, including my desire to sin so that I may serve you completely. I pray that you will give me discernment so that I may know all things that are truth, and the knowledge acquired from reading your Word. Use me this day as I am a willing vessel Lord, in leading others to your kingdom. Wash me as white as snow. Put a hedge of protection around me as I go forth in doing your will. Thank you Jesus for saving me, as I know that only through my faith in you that all this is possible.

Amen.

Please print this up and carry it with you always as a reminder of who your Lord & Savoir Is. Print up several copies to give to your family and share with your friends. The road you have chosen will not be an easy one for know you will be a Child of God. However know this ,you will never be alone ever again. 

For The Holy Spirit will be placed inside your soul and take residence inside of you forever. He will be your guide, your life long connection to God through our Lord and Savor Christ Jesus. God has placed a wonderful Blessing upon you my friend. May the Peace of His Grace always be with you. 

Amen.