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From Fox News: A federal appeals court on Friday ruled against an Obama-era policy that provides amnesty and a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants who entered the U.S. as children.
A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled unanimously that a new version of the policy issued by President Biden in 2022 overstepped the executive branch’s authority. The decision by two Republican-appointed judges and one Democratic-appointed judge is the latest blow to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in a string of legal challenges that has kept 500,000 so-called Dreamers waiting for a resolution for more than a decade.
The decision Friday does not immediately change the status quo. Program beneficiaries can still renew temporary permits to live and work in the United States without fear of deportation. But the federal government remains prohibited from issuing new applications.
However, Friday’s decision does create an opportunity for DACA to be appealed to the Supreme Court for a third time. And it comes just three days before President-elect Trump assumes office with his promise to begin mass deportations of illegal immigrants.
A lawsuit had been filed by attorneys general in multiple states: Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Carolina, West Virginia, Kansas and Mississippi.
CLICK HERE to read the court’s ruling.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton released the following statement:
VICTORY: Today, we secured a major victory in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which affirmed a district court’s ruling that the Biden Administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) policy is unlawful.
This is a win for Texas. I am pleased the Fifth Circuit found that the Biden Administration’s DACA policy was unlawful. I look forward to working with President-elect Donald Trump to ensure that the rule of law is restored, and the illegal immigration crisis is finally stopped. Biden’s policies unleashed historic levels of lawlessness upon this country, and it is time to start fixing the mess the outgoing administration made.
VICTORY: Today, we secured a major victory in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which affirmed a district court’s ruling that the Biden Administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) policy is unlawful.
This is a win for Texas. I am pleased the… https://t.co/QFj1GFcMmU
— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) January 18, 2025
JUST IN — A federal appeals court has again ruled against the DACA program for so-called immigrant "Dreamers," upholding a lower court ruling that found the policy unlawful.
But the 5th Circuit has limited and paused its ruling pending appeal, keeping DACA alive, for now. pic.twitter.com/uDmCCmhGhM
— Camilo Montoya-Galvez (@camiloreports) January 17, 2025
Appeals court deals blow to Obama-era amnesty for Dreamers https://t.co/rWR3ZhlTk7
— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 18, 2025
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