Homeland Security Department regulations shielding hundreds of thousands of immigrant dreamers from deportation are unlawful, a federal district court judge in Texas ruled Wednesday.
The ruling, which will almost certainly be appealed, maintains a stay on any enforcement actions against current DACA recipients. DHS also may continue to administer the program, including renewals, for recipients who received their status before July 16, 2021.
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, first launched by the Obama administration in 2012 through an executive memorandum, grants deportation protections and work permits to nearly 600,000 undocumented immigrants who were brought to the US as ...