* The judge previously ruled DACA illegal in 2021
Federal judge rules DACA program for childhood undocumented ‘Dreamers’ is illegal
A federal judge in Texas has again ruled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which protects undocumented immigrants who were brought to the US as youngsters, is illegal.
Judge Andrew Hanen, of the Southern District of Texas, ruled that DACA violated the Administrative Procedure Act, which sets out how agencies make regulations.
The ruling does not impact anyone currently protected under DACA, but the judge banned the government from approving anyone else for it.
“To be clear, neither this order nor the accompanying supplemental injunction requires the (Department of Homeland Security) or the Department of Justice to take any immigration, deportation, or criminal action against any DACA recipient, applicant, or any other individual that would otherwise not be taken,” Judge Hanen wrote.
The states argued that the Obama administration circumvented Congress and did not have the authority to create DACA in 2012…
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