President Trump Donald John TrumpFederal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept. Former Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick MORE on Wednesday called on the Supreme Court to strike down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, ahead of the top court's November hearing on the legality of Trump's termination of the Obama-era program.

In a pair of tweets, Trump said that if the DACA is upheld it would give the president “extraordinary powers” while saying that if the program is struck down, he thinks Congress would make a deal to “benefit DACA.”

President Obama said that he did not have the right to sign DACA, that it will never hold up in court. He signed it anyway! If the Supreme Court upholds DACA, it gives the President extraordinary powers, far greater than ever thought. If they do what is right and do not let...... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 9, 2019

....DACA stand, with all of its negative legal implications, the Republicans and Democrats will have a DEAL to let them stay in our Country, in very short order. It would actually benefit DACA, and be done the right way! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 9, 2019

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Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart Mario Rafael Diaz-Balart'Trump show' convention sparks little interest on K Street Rep. Dan Meuser tests positive for COVID-19 Watchdog calls for probe into Gohmert 'disregarding public health guidance' on COVID-19 MORE (R-Fla.), a top supporter of immigration reform, told The Hill that he agrees with the president's vision.

"If DACA was eliminated, the urgency and pressure would mount to get it done," said Diaz-Balart.

As part of its busy fall term, the Supreme Court is taking on three cases on the legality of Trump's September 2017 rescission of the immigration program.

In all three cases, lower courts decided Trump had acted illegally in canceling the program that Obama started to grant immigration benefits to so-called Dreamers — undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as minors.

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In his Wednesday tweets, Trump repeated a claim that Obama had himself said DACA was an unconstitutional program.

Obama enacted DACA in 2012 after he failed to get the DREAM Act through Congress; that version of the DREAM Act would have granted Dreamers the permanent benefits granted by DACA in two-year increments.

“President Obama said that he did not have the right to sign DACA, that it will never hold up in court. He signed it anyway!” wrote Trump.

According to PolitiFact, Obama didn't say he lacked the power to enact DACA, rather that he thought a permanent solution would be preferable and that DACA was based on prosecutorial discretion, rather than a modification of immigration law.