A federal judge ruled the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program illegal Wednesday, putting into question the Obama-era policy that protects more than 500,000 immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children and setting up a potential showdown with the Supreme Court in a blow for the Biden Administration, according to multiple reports.
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Texas-based U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen declared DACA as unlawful, arguing the Biden Administration’s rule that was created to codify the policy into federal law was a violation of the Administrative Procedure Act, which governs the way federal agencies develop and issue regulations.
However, the program is not in any danger of being immediately removed, with current beneficiaries remaining unaffected by the ruling.
The Biden administration is expected to appeal the ruling, which will likely make its way to the GOP-controlled Supreme Court.
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