Will DACA stand up in court?

In June, 11 attorneys general — from conservative states like Texas, Arkansas, West Virginia and Kansas — threatened to sue the Trump administration unless it took steps by Sept. 5 to end the program. For months, senior Trump administration officials have expressed concern that DACA would not stand up in court.

How does President Trump’s DACA plan work?

How Mr. Trump’s plan works. Under the plan, the DACA program will end on March 5, 2018. Effective immediately, the Department of Homeland Security will not accept new applicants for the program.

What does DACA stand for?

The activists were rallying on the five-year anniversary of President Obama’s executive order, DACA – Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, protecting undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.

What’s the deadline for Congress to fix DACA?

Congress is trying to agree on a bipartisan plan on what to do about DACA, after the Trump administration announced a “wind-down” of the program on Sept. 5, 2017. Lawmakers face a March 5 deadline set by the president to come up with a legislative fix.

Would ending DACA be the ugliest decision ever made?

On Sunday, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said ending DACA would be “one of the ugliest and cruelest decisions ever made by a president.” It’s also unclear if there is enough appetite in Congress to pass a measure, relatively quickly, that would grant protection to young undocumented immigrants.

Who is eligible to apply for DACA?

Anyone who was brought to the country illegally as a minor, was under the age of 31 on June 15, 2012 (when DACA took effect), and meets other requirements, is eligible to apply. Where are DACA recipients from?

What did Justice Thomas write in his DACA decision?

The decision is “an effort to avoid a politically controversial but legally correct decision,” Thomas wrote. Thomas, one of the court’s most conservative members, argued in his dissent that “the majority makes the mystifying determination that this rescission of DACA was unlawful.