DACA

The U.S. district judge agreed with nine states suing to stop the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The ruling means the program's fate will likely go to the Supreme Court a third time.

The hearing Thursday morning is the latest in the years-long effort by Texas and its conservative allies to end the popular program that has granted limited relief to undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children.

The decade-long program has benefited hundreds of thousands of people. But Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and other GOP-led states argue it should be halted quickly

DACA recipients from around the country, including Texas, will meet with Congressional leaders and staff on Wednesday and urge them to enact protective measures during the lame duck session.

A decade after the Obama-era DACA program was created, its future remains uncertain. It affects more than 101,000 Texas residents temporarily protected from deportation

As of June 2022, there were more than 97,000 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program recipients in Texas.

Defenders of the 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy said Texas and other Republican states have not been able to prove they’ve suffered financial harm in the decade since the program was first initiated.

A federal judge in Texas last year declared the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program dead but left it intact while his order is appealed by the Justice Department and advocacy groups.

Ten years ago, the Obama administration announced the DACA program to protect certain young immigrants in the U.S. from being deported. Two Dreamers reflect on the years since.

Immigrant advocates say DACA was only a band-aid. U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen's recent order to halt new DACA applications puts the pressure on Congress to Act.