The 5th Circuit of Appeals has announced a date for oral arguments in a case that could end the DACA program — an Obama-era initiative that gave hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as kids temporary relief from deportation.
The appeals court is set to hear oral arguments a little over a month from now, on Oct. 10. It’s the latest in a years-long fight over the Obama program’s future — and it's the second time in four years that the case could head to the Supreme Court.
More than 850,000 people have been able to get a work permit and protection from deportation under DACA since its creation in 2012, but it’s been in legal limbo for years.
The Trump administration moved to cancel the program in 2017 and it was saved in a Supreme Court ruling in 2020 — though new applicants have been barred since 2021.
Now, another case originally filed in Texas against DACA is being heard in the appeals court — where judges will decide whether the Biden administration’s version of the program is legal.
Immigrant advocate groups say in lieu of waiting for that answer, the administration should enact protections now to ensure DACA recipients aren’t vulnerable to deportation.
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No More Deaths’ aid camp is stationed in the middle of the Sonoran Desert, a few miles from the border in southern Arizona. The group said that site was raided by Border Patrol agents the Sunday before Thanksgiving. -
This year’s Dream Act introduction comes as those protections are waning — as the AP reports, at least 20 DACA recipients have been detained by immigration authorities this year — despite their status. -
As the Trump administration’s aggressive deportations continue, one group is being targeted that has some law enforcement and prosecutors concerned: U visa applicants. -
The State Department accuses the company, which they did not name, of knowingly facilitating illegal immigration. -
Grijalva said humanitarian volunteers with the nonprofit group No More Deaths reported that warrantless Border Patrol agents forced their way into their desert aid station and arrested three migrants who were resting inside a trailer.
