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Judge rules that new DACA program can continue temporarily

houston – A federal judge said Friday that the current version of federal policy to prevent deportation is hundreds of thousands of immigrants It was brought to the United States so that children could continue at least temporarily.

U.S. District Judge Andrew Hannen declared the Childhood Arrivals Deferred Action Program illegal last year, but the policy, which is set to proceed under the new regulations at the end of the month, will not allow him to do so. said it can continue with the previously set limits. Due to these restrictions, new applications to DACA are not possible and those who are already in the program can continue to participate and renew their applications.

At a court hearing on Friday, Hannen ordered federal attorneys to provide more information about the new rule and said he expects additional legal discussions related to it, but no future hearings are scheduled. It is also unclear when Hanen will make a final decision on the matter, which is expected to eventually go to the U.S. Supreme Court.

“The legality of the new DACA regulations is a challenge in this court right now,” said Nina Perales, an attorney at the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF), who represents DACA recipients. After attending the hearing on Friday, he said: .

Carina Ruiz de Diaz, one of the DACA recipients represented by MALDEF and present at the hearing, said she was relieved Hannen had kept the program, but the judge said she needed protection. refused to open the program to thousands of new applicants.

Lewis was part of a group of more than 50 community activists and DACA recipients who gathered to support the program in the park next to the federal court before and after the hearing. They held up signs that read “Judge Hannen does the right thing and protects DACA” and “Immigrants are welcome”.

“It was important for us to be present at the hearing. I want you to see that

Current version of DACA. A Biden Administration Is Born It is scheduled to go into effect on October 31st to increase its chances of surviving legal scrutiny.

The case went back to half circle After the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans said last week that the next DACA should be reconsidered, Adopted Revision By the Biden administration.

A group of about 30 community activists gathered in a park next to the federal courthouse to support DACA before Friday morning’s hearing. They held up signs that read “Judge Hannen does the right thing and protects DACA” and “Immigrants are welcome”. They chanted as many of them marched to court to attend hearings.

Last year’s spring DACA declared illegal Texas and eight other Republican-leaning states would be economically damaged if immigrants were allowed to stay in the country illegally, resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars in medical, education, and other costs. filed a lawsuit claiming that They also argued that the White House’s acknowledgment of congressional-determined immigration privileges overstepped its authority.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Thursday, “Only Congress has the ability to enact immigration laws in our country.

Hanen found that DACA was not subject to the public notice and comment period required under the Federal Administrative Procedure Act. But the Obama-era program was left in place for those already benefiting from it, pending appeal. As of the end of March, he had 611,270 DACA registrants.

A three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based Court of Appeals upheld Hanen’s initial findings, but remanded the case back to Hanen so he could consider the implications of the federal government’s new DACA regulations. I was.

Page 453 of the new rule is primarily technical, with few substantive changes from the 2012 memo that produced DACA, but was subject to public comment as part of the formal rulemaking process.

At Friday’s hearing, Hanen appeared reluctant to address the constitutionality of the DACA program, making all parties concerned first address issues related to the Federal Administrative Procedure Act as they consider the new regulations. I want you to concentrate.

Perales said the uncertainty about DACA’s ultimate fate in court should be another signal to Congress that it needs to act to provide permanent protection.

Following last week’s appeals court ruling, President Joe Biden and advocacy groups renewed their demands for Congress to pass permanent protection for “dreamers,” as those protected by DACA are commonly called. I made it Protect DACA recipients.

Whatever Hanen decides, DACA is expected to go to the Supreme Court for the third time. In 2016, the Supreme Court was in a 4-4 stalemate over his expanded DACA and version of the program for parents of DACA recipients. 2020, high court ruled 5-4 The Trump administration improperly terminated DACA and allowed it to remain in place.

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