US judges split on Texas' standing to sue over DACA immigration program

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53% : Advertisement · Scroll to continue The 5th Circuit in 2022 largely affirmed that ruling but sent the case back to Hanen to consider a U.S. Department of Homeland Security regulation adopted that year formalizing and expanding DACA.
52% : Advertisement · Scroll to continue DACA was created in 2012 under Democratic former President Barack Obama and nearly 600,000 people known as "Dreamers" have enrolled in the program, allowing them to continue living and working in the United States.
51% : A three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments for over an hour in the administration's appeal of a Texas judge's ruling blocking a 2022 rule designed to continue the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
50% : Mazzara cited a survey of DACA recipients submitted by New Jersey, which intervened in the case to defend the program, in which nearly one-quarter of the 3,000 respondents said they would likely leave the United States if DACA ended.
46% : For the states: Joseph Mazzara of the Texas Attorney General's office For DHS: Brian Boynton of the U.S. Department of Justice For the intervenor DACA recipients: Nina Perales of the Mexican-American Legal Defense & Educational Fund For New Jersey: Jeremy Feigenbaum of the New Jersey Attorney General's office Read more: US judge rules against Biden DACA regulation for 'Dreamer' immigrants U.S. judge rules DACA program illegal, suspends new applications U.S. Supreme Court allows Biden's shift on immigration enforcement U.S. Supreme Court thwarts Trump plan to end 'Dreamers' immigrant program Reporting by Daniel Wiessner in Albany, New York Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab Daniel Wiessner Thomson Reuters Dan Wiessner (@danwiessner) reports on labor and employment and immigration law, including litigation and policy making.
38% : Texas and eight other Republican-led states sued in 2018, claiming DACA was invalid under federal immigration law.
31% : Higginson also questioned the nationwide scope of Hanen's ruling, appearing to agree with the Biden administration's argument that if the judge's decision is upheld it should be limited to blocking DACA in Texas.
23% : The Biden administration had argued in that appeal that Texas lacked standing to sue because it had not shown direct financial harms caused by DACA, but the 5th Circuit disagreed.

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