Texas, joined by eight other Republican-leaning states argued that they are harmed financially, incurring hundreds of millions of dollars in health care, education and other costs, when immigrants are allowed to remain in the country illegally.

economy, holding and creating jobs and spending money. They argued that DACA recipients have grown up to become productive drivers of the U.S. Justice Department defended the program, allied with the state of New Jersey, immigrant advocacy organizations and a coalition of dozens of powerful corporations, including Amazon, Apple, Google and Microsoft.

In July arguments at the 5th Circuit, the U.S. The new rule's 453 pages are largely technical and represent little substantive change from the 2012 memo that created DACA, but it was subject to public comments as part of a formal rule-making process intended to improve its chances of surviving legal muster. The other panel members were judges Kurt Engelhardt and James Ho, both appointees of President Donald Trump. 'A district court is in the best position to review the administrative record in the rulemaking proceeding,' said the opinion by Chief 5th Circuit Judge Priscilla Richman, nominated to the court by President George W. 'It appears that the status quo for DACA remains,' said Veronica Garcia, an attorney for the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, an advocacy organization.ĭACA was adopted by former President Barack Obama's administration and has had a complicated ride through federal court challenges. The ruling, for now, leaves the future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals up in the air. Circuit Court of Appeals said a federal district judge in Texas should take another look at the program following the revisions adopted in August. NEW ORLEANS - A federal appeals court Wednesday ordered a lower court review of Biden administration revisions to a program preventing the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought into the United States as children. The ruling, for now, leaves the future of DACA up in the air. 5, 2022, ordered a lower court review of Biden administration revisions to DACA, a program preventing the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought into the United States as children.

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