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Federal Court Rules to Restore DACA

A federal court in Maryland ruled on July 17 that the Trump administration must begin accepting new ..

A federal court in Maryland ruled on July 17 that the Trump administration must begin accepting new applications to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which protects immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children from being deported and lets them work legally.

Describing the U.S. Department of Homeland Securitys rescission of DACA in 2017 as “arbitrary and capricious,” the U.S. District Court in Maryland ruled on Friday (pdf) that the DACA policy must be fully restored. The ruling means DACA must open up to new applicants for the first time in 3 years.

“From the Supreme Court down, the courts have made it clear: DACA stands, and now its doors are open to new Dreamers to apply,” California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said, adding, “Thats a fact and thats what matters.”

The program was put in place via executive order by President Barack Obama, and currently some 649,000 immigrants are enrolled. Obama signed the order in 2012 following failed immigration reform negations on Capitol Hill. Many conservatives, including President Donald Trump, have argued DACA is unconstitutional, although the president has expressed sympathy for the Dreamers plight and has indicated openness to a negotiated, bipartisan solution.

The Trump administration ended the program in September 2017 but last month, the Supreme Court blocked the move to rescind DACA on procedural grounds.

“We do not decide whether DACA or its rescission are sound policies. We address only whether the agency complied with the procedural requirement that it provide a reasoned explanation for its action,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in an opinion (pdf), referring to the DHS.

Claiming DACA to be an unlawful and unconstitutional exercise of authority by the executive branch, Trump previously said that the winding down of DACA would be a gradual process, which would provide Congress a “winRead More From Source
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