The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments this week on a case that could end DACA. That’s the Obama-era program that gives some undocumented people brought to the U.S. as children a work permit and temporary protection from deportation — but no path to citizenship.
More than 200 people showed up in New Orleans on Thursday to hear oral arguments and voice their support for DACA — which began more than a decade ago and has provided protection to some 850,000 people.
The suit filed by, Texas and other GOP-led states, argues DACA causes their states additional healthcare and education costs. In court Thursday, the Biden administration argued the states don't have legal standing to bring their case. And New Jersey — which intervened in the case to defend DACA alongside the Department of Justice — argued the program affects far more people than the roughly 500,000 with the DACA status today — like the children of program recipients.
This is the second DACA case that could end up in the Supreme Court. The high court upheld the program in 2020 after the Trump administration tried to end it. Current recipients can re-apply every two years to renew their DACA status, but the case has barred new applicants from the program barred for years.
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The Arizona House of Representatives is close to passing a bill that would require hospitals to ask patients their citizenship status.
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It's been two months since President Donald Trump closed the door on asylum seekers. But a sliver of hope remains for those who have few options other than to wait in Mexico. -
Under the new rule, posted to the Federal Register Tuesday, nationals from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti and Venezuela who were given temporary protection and work permits under a Biden-era parole program will have that status revoked. More than 500,000 recipients have been given 30 days to leave the country themselves or face deportation. -
A memo from President Donald Trump directs the Justice Department to pursue sanctions or other disciplinary actions against attorneys and firms with immigration cases that the government deems unethical. -
It’s a roughly $200 million federal contract split by legal aid groups in Arizona and other states that allows attorneys to speak to and represent children after they’ve been released into shelter facilities run by the Office of Refugee Resettlement.
