The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.
HOUSTON — A federal judge on Wednesday declared illegal a revised version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation ofU.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen agreed with Texas and eight other states suing to stop the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program. The judge’s ruling was ultimately expected to be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, sending the program’s fate before the high court for a third time.
The states have argued the Obama administration didn’t have the authority to first create the program in 2012 because it circumvented Congress. But Hanen, who was appointed by then-President George W. Bush in 2002, ruled the updated version of DACA was still illegal. He had previously said DACAand it would be up to Congress to enact legislation shielding people under the program, often known as “Dreamers.”
The states have claimed they incur hundreds of millions of dollars in health care, education and other costs when immigrants are allowed to remain in the country illegally. The states that sued are Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Carolina, West Virginia, Kansas and Mississippi.
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