Texas is joining eight other states in challenging the legality of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. This is not the first attempt to end the Obama-era program, which offers deportation protections to immigrants who were 30 or younger when it was announced. These nine states will ask a federal court to declare the […]
Supreme Court to hear DACA arguments
The Supreme Court is scheduled to discuss DACA and President Trump’s decision to end the program. The Obama era mandate has been in the courts ever since the Trump White House announced it would end the program in 2017. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals is an Obama executive order giving temporary protections to certain […]
Federal Judge To Hear Arguments About DACA
(Houston, TX) — A federal judge in Texas will hear arguments about whether he should shut down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
Southwest Airlines Supports “Dreamers”
(Dallas, TX) — Southwest Airlines is expressing support for illegal immigrants benefiting from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
Judge hears argument in ICE agents’ lawsuit over DACA
By Jill Replogle, KPBS News for Fronteras PLAY AUDIO SAN DIEGO – A federal judge in Dallas heard arguments Monday in a lawsuit filed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. They want to block the Obama administration’s new policy of allowing certain young people brought into the country illegally by their parents to avoid deportation. […]