Supreme Court to review DACA program protecting young undocumented immigrants
Source: Washington Post
The Supreme Court announced Friday it will take up next term whether the Trump administration illegally tried to end the program that shields from deportation young undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children. A string of lower courts have said that President Trump’s decision to terminate the Obama-era program was based on faulty legal reasoning and that the administration has failed to provide a solid rationale for ending it.
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program has become a political football and the object of negotiations — to no end, so far — between Congress and the White House. Initiated in 2012 by a proclamation by President Barack Obama, DACA has protected nearly 700,000 people brought to this country as children, commonly known as “dreamers.”
The Supreme Court would likely render its verdict during the 2020 presidential election year. The justices have been in no hurry to take up the issue; they have been considering since January whether to review a ruling against the administration from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in California. It recently denied a request to expedite review of a decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. The Trump administration moved to scuttle the program in 2017 after Texas and other states threatened to sue to force its end. Then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions advised the Department of Homeland Security that the program was probably unlawful and that it could not be defended. But courts have rejected that theory and kept the program in place, requiring that those already enrolled be allowed to renew their participation.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D), who is among those fighting the administration’s decision to end the program, said more than 373,000 two-year renewals have been approved since January 2018. Those approved to be in the program are allowed work permits and protected from deportation, as long as they abide by its regulations and do not violate laws. The judges who have blocked ending the program have said the administration could remedy the legal impasse by providing a detailed reasoning of why the program should be abolished. Instead, it has continued to combat the orders in court.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-to-review-daca-program-protecting-young-undocumented-immigrants/2019/06/28/c69a8b04-1500-11e9-b6ad-9cfd62dbb0a8_story.html
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By Washington Post Staff
June 28 at 9:38 AM
A string of lower courts have said that President Trump did not provide a solid rationale for his abrupt decision in 2017 to terminate the Obama-era program, which shields from deportation young undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children.
This is a developing story. It will be updated.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2019/06/28/supreme-court-will-review-trump-administration-effort-to-end-daca-program-shielding-young-dreamers-from-deportation/?utm_term=.bfee9377a8a3
(from what I understand, this means "next term" )
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