DACA Heads Back to Fifth Circuit Amid Shifting Legal Terrain

Oct. 9, 2024, 9:00 AM UTC

The battle over Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals at a federal appeals court this week will provide the most significant test so far of how recent US Supreme Court decisions affect states’ ability to challenge federal immigration programs.

The Biden administration and a group of Republican states led by Texas will go back to the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit for oral arguments Thursday—the second time in two years that a three-judge New Orleans panel has weighed the legality of a program offering removal protections and work authorization to nearly half a million young people brought to ...

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