Federal appeals court hears challenge to DACA

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : About 535,000 people benefit from DACA.
48% : "Defenders of DACA argue that Congress has given the Homeland Security Department, which is part of the executive branch, authority to set immigration policy.
42% : In the fall of 2021, the Biden administration established regulations to "preserve and fortify" DACA, but the program has been closed to new registrants since July 2021.
40% : Texas and eight other states challenged DACA in a lawsuit, and in September 2023, U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen in Houston said the executive branch had overstepped its authority with the program.
39% : Arguing for the White House, Brian Boynton of the Justice Department said during the hearing that the states challenging DACA have no standing to sue because they have demonstrated no harm caused by the program.
38% : Meanwhile, the states that have challenged DACA have said in court arguments and legal briefs that they sustain hundreds of millions of dollars in health care, education and other costs from illegal immigrants who are allowed to stay in the country.
38% : The other states challenging DACA are Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Carolina, West Virginia, Kansas and Mississippi.
34% : A federal appeals court heard arguments on Thursday in a case challenging the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.DACA was created by then-President Barack Obama in 2012 and protects immigrants who came to America illegally as a child.

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