Conservative States Seek to End Protections for Immigrant 'Dreamers'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : For the past 12 years, undocumented immigrants who arrived as children and grew up in the United States have enjoyed the ability to build careers and raise their own families without fear of deportation, thanks to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, also known as DACA.
56% : Her sister, a nurse, and her brother, who works in logistics, also are enrolled in DACA.
52% : At its peak, some 800,000 people were enrolled in DACA, a number that has more recently shrunk to about 500,000.
50% : At Thursday's hearing, the judges asked questions about the states' contention that any order to end DACA should be applied nationwide, even in states led by Democrats, who argue the program helps their communities and economies.
49% : "I think what we'll see in this year's survey is that the overwhelming majority are going to stay, regardless of whether DACA continues.
46% : That court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, heard arguments on Thursday before a three-judge panel about whether to uphold a sweeping ruling by a trial court judge that would end DACA altogether.
41% : After the hearing, Ms. Perales and other lawyers defending DACA said that they were pleased that all three judges seemed particularly engaged in the main issues they raised, including whether Texas had the legal right to sue in the first place, an issue known as standing.
35% : Since mid-2021, after the Texas judge ruled that DACA was illegal, only renewals have been accepted; no new immigrants have been allowed to enroll.
30% : Last year, Judge Andrew S. Hanen of the Southern District of Texas ruled that the Biden administration's attempt to formalize DACA to allow it to remain in place was insufficient, and that in any case, Mr. Obama had overstepped his constitutional authority in creating it.

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