US judge who declared DACA illegal allows it to stand for now

A federal judge in Texas (USA) decided this Friday to maintain the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program for the time being, but prohibited the issuance of new applications, after having declared this protection illegal. protects more than half a million “dreamers”.

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In his resolution, Judge Andrew Hanen, of the Southern District of Texas, indicates that the US Government can continue to accept the renewal applications of those migrants who obtained this benefit before the judge declared it illegal in July 2021.

And he specified that nothing in his decision should be interpreted as an order for the Department of Homeland Security or other government agencies to cancel or terminate DACA for those people who already have that status.

Last week, an appeals court chose to return the case to Hanen for review, despite agreeing with the judge in considering the new version of DACA proposed by the government of President Joe Biden to be illegal and which will come into force at the end of the year. of this October.

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The Texas judge’s order this Friday comes after a meeting he held Thursday with the parties involved in the case.

Today’s ruling is unlikely to be the final court ruling on the future of DACA, which has allowed more than half a million migrants who came to the US as minors to live and work in the country without fear of be deported.

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Activist groups have called on Congress to take action to provide a permanent solution to the “dreamers”, as the beneficiaries of DACA are known, ensuring that it is a matter of time before the courts definitively decide to end the program.

DACA was launched by the Government of Barack Obama (2009-2017) as a temporary measure, but his successor in the White House, Republican Donald Trump (2017-2021), decided in the first year of his term to end it, which triggered a domino effect of lawsuits and counter-suits in court that led to the current situation.

Source: Elcomercio

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