The way it was enacted.   There never was a bill or a law that authorized it.  it is one thing to make it a low priority to deport somebody, which is somewhat questionable.   It is something else entirely to make it into a program that goes against the law.  Here is an example of a similar idea.  Let us say there is a sheriff that does not like a endangered species.  He then authorizes some hunters to t   Are those authorizations legal if the country council or somebody above did not agree to  it?   Or another example, what if the county commissioner thought no drugs should be illegal and authorized people to sell things like heroin with out a council vote.   Would the heroin transactions be legal?