Appeals court weighs fate of DACA protections for 500,000 "Dreamers" brought to U.S. as children

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : But both Hanen and the 5th Circuit limited their rulings against DACA, closing the program to new applicants but allowing current recipients to continue renewing their two-year work permits and deportation deferrals.
49% : As of the end of June 2024, there were roughly 535,000 immigrants enrolled in DACA.
47% : DACA has allowed certain immigrants who crossed the U.S. southern border illegally or overstayed visas as children to live and work in the country legally if they meet several requirements.
42% : Any ruling by the 5th Circuit would likely be appealed to the Supreme Court, which in 2020 prevented the Trump administration from ending DACA on administrative grounds but has not yet weighed in on the legality of the program.
42% : "As the Attorney General of California, as a United States Senator, and as Vice President, I fought to defend and protect DACA," Harris said in a statement Thursday.
40% : Brian Boynton, the Justice Department lawyer representing the Biden administration, asked the 5th Circuit to keep DACA intact for current recipients in the event that it again rules against the initiative.
39% : A federal appeals court on Thursday weighed the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, or DACA, the Obama-era program that currently allows more than half a million undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children to live and work in the country without fear of deportation.
38% : Enacted in 2012 to protect a population colloquially known as "Dreamers," DACA has been the subject of a years-long court battle and remains in legal jeopardy due to a lawsuit by Texas and other Republican-led states that oppose the policy.
13% : "Despite expressing sympathy for "Dreamers" at times, Trump tried to cancel DACA in 2017.

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