Fifth Circuit weighs fate of DACA in case likely headed to Supreme Court

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : In March of 2023, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services reported 578,680 people enrolled in DACA.
43% : "Today, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals heard a case challenging the legality of DACA, threatening the lives of the hundreds of thousands of Dreamers who rely on the program.
30% : In 2015, Hanen ruled against an expansion of DACA and a partner program Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA), and in 2021 he ruled that DACA itself was unlawful.
29% : Though advocates are supporting the Biden administration's defense of DACA in the courts, most say legislation is the only realistic way forward for the program's beneficiaries -- and for those who would have enrolled if DACA hadn't been kneecapped in the courts.
22% : Hanen had found that the coalition of states led by Texas had standing, and ruled in September of 2023 against the Biden administration's revamp of DACA as a memorandum replacing Obama's 2012 executive order.
10% : For an hour, the three judges -- appointees of former Presidents Reagan, George W. Bush and Obama -- heard arguments, including the Justice Department's contention that the states have no standing to sue because DACA has caused them no harm.

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