Court Defeat for DACA
President Biden says the Department of Justice will appeal a federal judge’s
ruling against the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which provides protection against deportation to hundreds of thousands of young immigrants known as Dreamers who were brought to the U.S. without documentation as children. The judge ruled the program, which also provides the immigrants work authorization, illegal and ordered the Biden administration not to approve any new applications for the program. The ruling does not immediately affect current DACA recipients. Biden said in
a statement Saturday that the ruling “relegates hundreds of thousands of young immigrants to an uncertain future.” U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen ruled that former president Obama overstepped his executive authority in creating the program in 2012, ruling that “as popular as this program might be, the proper origination point for the DACA program was, and is, Congress.” (
Inside Higher Ed - July 19, 2021)
***See also, the following related news item:
- Biden Calls Judge’s Decision to Halt DACA Program ‘Deeply Disappointing,’ Says DOJ Will Appeal Ruling - The Washington Post - July 17, 2021