Federal judge again declares DACA immigration program unlawful, but allows it to continue

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : As of the end of March, there were 578,680 immigrants enrolled in DACA, and more than half of them lived in California, Texas, Illinois and New York, according to government data.
45% : "Hanen kept DACA closed to new applicants, but again suspended part of his ruling to allow current DACA beneficiaries to renew their enrollment in the program, noting he was "sympathetic" to their plight.
43% : Since 2012, DACA has allowed hundreds of thousands of immigrants who crossed the U.S. southern border illegally or overstayed visas as children to live and work in the country without fear of deportation if they meet certain requirements.
43% : ""As the Secretary of Homeland Security who promulgated a final rule to preserve and fortify DACA last year, and as the former Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) who, in 2012, led the development and implementation of DACA, I am deeply disappointed by the ruling and uniquely qualified to say that DHS believes DACA is lawful and Constitutional," Mayorkas said.
41% : Washington -- A federal judge on Wednesday again declared the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration program unlawful, though he refrained from ordering officials to terminate deportation protections and work permits for 580,000 immigrant "Dreamers."At the request of Republican-led states, Judge Andrew Hanen of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas ruled that a Biden administration effort to codify the DACA policy into a federal regulation was unlawful.
32% : The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, tasked with reviewing appeals of Hanen's rulings, also declared DACA illegal last year.
23% : Hanen, who was named to the bench by former Republican President George W. Bush, issued a similar ruling in 2021, when he found that the original Obama administration memo that created DACA in 2012 was illegal.
23% : DACA has been at the center of the nation's contentious immigration debate since its inception 11 years ago, when former President Barack Obama announced it as a "stop-gap" measure amid congressional inaction on the issue.
23% : As part of its larger crackdown on illegal and legal immigration, the Trump administration moved to terminate DACA in the fall of 2017.
20% : While he agreed to a request from Republican officials in Texas and eight other states to declare the Biden administration regulation illegal, Hanen did not grant another request to order a complete termination of DACA over two years.

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