DACA program for undocumented youth in the U.S. will continue. On June 18, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration's attempt to end or rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DACA program that protects hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the US as children from deportation.
A narrowly divided 5-4 Supreme Court extended protection from deportation to over 650,000 so-called Dreamers, while the Trump administration jumps through the administrative hoops that the court said are required before ending the program.
The court ruling was written by Chief Justice John Roberts and joined by Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan, Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor.
Court said the Department of Homeland Security's decision to rescind #DACA was arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act.
Some experts believe that the decision not only allows renewals in the program to continue for now, but clears the way for new applicants to apply to the program.
However, USCIS response today was different "court opinion has no basis in law and merely delays the President's lawful ability to end the illegal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals amnesty program."
Technically, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote that the Trump administration's rescission was vacated and he sent the case back down to the lower courts.
We will post here again when USCIS updates its current DACA policy. USCIS is the agency which is responsible for making this new ruling clear and informing the public as to whether they will accept new applications.
The decision is here:
https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=6951500-DACA-Decision
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/18/politics/daca-supreme-court-explainer/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/18/politics/daca-immigration-supreme-court/index.html
A narrowly divided 5-4 Supreme Court extended protection from deportation to over 650,000 so-called Dreamers, while the Trump administration jumps through the administrative hoops that the court said are required before ending the program.
The court ruling was written by Chief Justice John Roberts and joined by Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan, Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor.
Court said the Department of Homeland Security's decision to rescind #DACA was arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act.
Some experts believe that the decision not only allows renewals in the program to continue for now, but clears the way for new applicants to apply to the program.
However, USCIS response today was different "court opinion has no basis in law and merely delays the President's lawful ability to end the illegal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals amnesty program."
Technically, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote that the Trump administration's rescission was vacated and he sent the case back down to the lower courts.
We will post here again when USCIS updates its current DACA policy. USCIS is the agency which is responsible for making this new ruling clear and informing the public as to whether they will accept new applications.
The decision is here:
https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=6951500-DACA-Decision
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/18/politics/daca-supreme-court-explainer/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/18/politics/daca-immigration-supreme-court/index.html
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