A federal judge in Texas is temporarily extending DACA protections, allowing hundreds of thousands of young immigrants to continue to work and study in the U.S. without fear of being deported.
The administration's revised version of DACA, aimed at codifying and strengthening the protections, is set to go into effect on Oct. 31.Friday, Hanen said he would maintain what's been the status quo since his ruling last year: allowing the Department of Homeland Security to grant application renewals for those already in the program but blocking DHS from"granting DACA status for any new applicants.
At a hearing Friday, Hanen ordered attorneys in the case to provide more information and said he expects additional legal arguments related to the new rule. While he did not not lay out a timetable for the case moving forward, the current protections are expected to remain in place for at least several more months as each side presses their case.President Barack Obama established DACA by executive order in 2012. The program established a way for young migrants brought into the U.S.
Texas, which is home to over 100,000 people enlisted in the DACA program, filed suit to end the program in 2018, alleging that the program is illegal because it should have been created by legislation, not executive order..
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