A federal appeals court on Wednesday said the DACA policy violates U.S. immigration law, dealing a blow to an Obama-era program that provides deportation protection and work permits to nearly 600,000 immigrant 'Dreamers' who lack legal status.
said the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy violates U.S. immigration law, dealing a blow to an Obama-era program that provides deportation protection and work permits to nearly 600,000 immigrant"Dreamers" who lack legal status.
The appeals court sent the case back to Hanen, tasking him with reviewing regulations that the Biden administration unveiled in August to address the legal challenges over the Obama administration's decision to create DACA through a memo, instead of a rule open to public comments. The regulations are currently slated to go into effect on October 31.
"We are currently reviewing the court's decision and will work with the Department of Justice on an appropriate legal response," Mayorkas added in his statement. Like Hanen, the Texas judge who declared DACA unlawful last summer, the appeals court expressed sympathy for immigrants currently enrolled in the program in justifying its decision to allow the government to continue accepting renewal applications.
Wednesday's court ruling stems from a lawsuit filed in 2018 by Texas and other Republican-controlled states that have argued DACA was an overreach of the federal government's immigration powers.
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