Appeals Court To Hear Arguments in Challenge To Obama-Era 'DACA' Immigration Policy

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : It says that DACA, which protects children who were brought to America years ago and "know only this country as home," allows the Department of Homeland Security to "deploy its limited enforcement resources wisely while furthering significant humanitarian interests.
49% : "Litigation revolving around the legality of DACA, in one form or another, has existed for nearly a decade.
44% : ""DACA allows DHS to focus on noncitizens who threaten national security, public safety, and border defenses -- individuals who are much higher priorities for removal from the United States than the law-abiding students, veterans, healthcare professionals, and other individuals who compose the DACA population," the brief reads.
42% : "Now, as the case goes before the appeals court, the Republican states are arguing that DACA "allows individuals who came to this country in violation of federal law to remain, work, and potentially become citizens" in ways that are "manifestly contrary to" federal immigration law.
40% : DACA, established by President Obama in 2012 through an executive order, allowed hundreds of thousands of undocumented children to temporarily stay and work in America, subject to renewals.
39% : A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments on Thursday over the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program -- the latest in a years-long legal battle over whether the executive branch had the authority to unilaterally protect hundreds of thousands of children who were brought to America illegally from deportation.
33% : In 2021, Judge Andrew Hanen in the Southern Texas District Court agreed with the states that DACA was illegal.
32% : "Because presidents cannot unilaterally override duly enacted statutes, DACA remains illegal," the brief from the Republican states reads.
31% : As a coalition of Republican states and the Biden administration prepare to face off over the program and whether it was an executive overreach, the fates of some 530,000 people protected by DACA, called "Dreamers," are in limbo.
31% : DACA has been the subject of various litigation battles for years, including when President Trump's administration tried to end the program in 2017, sparking lawsuits and an eventual Supreme Court review.
28% : The high court held in 2020 that the Trump administration's decision to dismantle DACA was "arbitrary and capricious" under the Administrative Procedure Act.
25% : After reviewing the case in light of the Biden administration's new protections, Judge Hanen again ruled against DACA in September 2023.

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