Federal judge rules DACA is unlawful; work permits continue
Wednesday, a federal judge in Texas ruled the immigration program known as DACA is unlawful, although it is allowed to continue. Read more: https://cbsloc.al/46cC81w
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Wednesday, a federal judge in Texas ruled the immigration program known as DACA is unlawful, although it is allowed to continue. Read more: https://cbsloc.al/46cC81w
The White House said a proposed rule would allow DACA recipients to qualify for Medicaid and coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
A federal judge in Texas ordered the U.S. government on Friday to close the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to new applicants, saying the Obama administration did not have the legal authority to grant deportation relief and work permits to undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled the Trump administration's attempt to dismantle an Obama-era program that protects young undocumented immigrants from deportation was unlawful.
The Supreme Court ruled President Trump's attempt to dismantle an Obama-era program that protects young, undocumented immigrants from deportation was unlawful.
Of those arrests, thousands were for violent crimes including murder, assault, and various sex crimes.
The Supreme Court's conservative majority seems prepared to allow the Trump administration to end a program that allows some immigrants to work legally in the United States and protects them from deportation.
Democrats are saying Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy of prosecuting immigrants and separating families at the U.S-Mexico border is "traumatizing" children.
He also said Mexico must "stop the big drug and people flows, or I will stop their cash cow, NAFTA. NEED WALL!"
President Donald Trump's administration didn't offer "legally adequate reasons" for ending DACA, a judge ruled Tuesday as he ordered the program to continue.
New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Dreamers went to Brooklyn federal court Tuesday to ask a judge to stop President Donald Trump from ending DACA.
President Donald Trump is proposing a plan that provides a path to citizenship for 1.8 million of the so-called "Dreamer" immigrants, tighter restrictions on legal immigration and $25 billion in border security.
Senators on Capitol Hill are back to square one in the fight to fund the government. This comes after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., withdrew his offer to fully fund President Donald Trump's long-promised wall along the Mexican border.
U.S. District Judge William Alsup granted a request by California and other plaintiffs to prevent the president from ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program while their lawsuits play out in court.
President Trump has offered a show like most have never seen before.
A federal appeals court in Manhattan heard arguments Thursday over whether a lawsuit to preserve the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals initiative, or DACA, can go forward.
Two New York lawmakers have threatened to force a shutdown in Congress over the DACA program that shields many young undocumented immigrants from deportation.
President Donald Trump has sent a letter to Congress outlining what he's looking for in exchange for protecting DACA recipients from deportation.
The protesters were demanding that Congress pass legislation protecting thousands of young immigrants from deportation.
Depending on whom you ask, the president made a deal Wednesday night to protect hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children.
Top Congressional Democrats said Wednesday night that they have reached an agreement with President Donald Trump to protect 800,000 immigrants who entered the country illegally under DACA.
President Donald Trump's to end a program protecting children of illegal immigrants -- Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals -- was at the forefront in Newark on Monday.
The former chief strategist to President Donald Trump made controversial comments about the Catholic church during an exclusive interview with 60 Minutes.
Fifteen states and Washington D.C. are suing the Trump administration over his decision to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
Calling it an "open-ended immigration law," Sessions said DACA was an "overreach of the executive branch."
