BREAKING: Nine GOP-controlled states have asked a federal judge in Texas to end the DACA immigration program.
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivalsover two years, a move that would prevent nearly 600,000 immigrants known as"Dreamers" from renewing their deportation protections and work permits.
However, the states challenging DACA's legality asked Hanen on Tuesday to find that the regulations issued last year are also unlawful and"The Final Rule—as the latest manifestation of the DACA program—is substantively unlawful for the same reasons as the DACA Memorandum," the states said in their filing."The Court should declare it unlawful and unconstitutional, vacate it in its entirety, and permanently enjoin its implementation .
A ruling that shuts down DACA or declares the program illegal would likely be appealed to the 5th Circuit by the Biden administration, and the case could ultimately reach the Supreme Court. Yale-Loehr said the only way he sees the new Congress offering DACA beneficiaries permanent legal status is as part of a broader deal that includes measures limiting asylum along the U.S.-Mexico border to address concerns from Republican lawmakers, who hold a slim majority in the House.
Two-thirds of the immigrants enrolled in DACA are between the ages of 21 and 30, and 81% were born in Mexico, according to government data. The other top countries of origin for DACA beneficiaries include El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru and South Korea.
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