Thread: Is this the beginning of the end of DACA?

Is this the beginning of the end of DACA?


Story by Madison Selcho • Yesterday 6:44 PM

February 1, 2023

Nine Republican-led states have requested for the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to be blocked by a federal Texas judge.







In this June 18, 2020, file photo, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) students gather in front of the Supreme Court in Washington. Nine Republican-led states have requested a federal judge in Texas to review the Biden administration’s decision to fortify the Obama-era immigration policy.© Manuel Balce Ceneta, Associated Press


Here’s what we know.
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What is DACA?

DACA allows immigrants under 16 years old to come into the U.S. and be protected from deportation and given a work permit that can be renewed every two years.

The program was created on June 15, 2012, and since then has allowed roughly 832,881 young adults to “attend school, and plan their lives without the constant threat of deportation,” according to the American Immigration Council.

Former President Barack Obama said back during the program’s inception, “These are young people who study in our schools, they play In our neighborhoods, they’re friends with our kids, they pledge allegiance to our flag. They are Americans in their heart, in their minds, in every single way but one: on paper.”


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Axios reported that the Biden administration announced last year that, despite legal challenges facing DACA, it would “preserve and fortify” the program.

“Thanks to DACA, we have been enriched by young people who contribute so much to our communities and our country. Yet, we need Congress to pass legislation that provides an enduring solution for the young Dreamers who have known no country other than the United States as their own,” Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said.

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Which states are blocking DACA?

USA Today reported that the states that are a part of the coalition that claims DACA is “unlawful” are “Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, South Carolina and West Virginia.”

These states deem that those currently enrolled in the program should no longer be approved for renewal and that DACA should not take on more immigrants, as the Biden administration’s new regulation regarding the program is unlawful, according to The Hill.

Texas federal district Judge Andrew Hanen ruled in 2021 that DACA was a violation of the Administrative Procedure Act.

Boundless reported that the Biden administration “fortified” DACA in October 2022 by allowing more immigrants to renew and or enroll in the program.

The nine states reportedly have requested for Hanen to look over the new regulation put forth by the Biden administration, claiming this move to be unlawful.

“The Final Rule — as the latest manifestation of the DACA program — is substantively unlawful for the same reasons as the DACA Memorandum. The court should declare it unlawful and unconstitutional, vacate it in its entirety, and permanently enjoin its implementation,” the filing states, according to CNN.
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ILLEGAL ALIENS have broken our immigration system and our corrupt government!



DACA is illegal. They need to be ordered removed from our country and they take their entire family with them!

The Obama-Biden administration had NO authority to do this, and this is an abuse of power, just like what Biden, Harris, and Mayorkas are doing now flooding our country with millions of criminal trespassing illegal aliens and misappropriating our tax dollars to fund their human trafficking.

End birthright citizenship

End TPS, refugee, and asylum programs.

We cannot take in the entire world; our country is falling apart.

TPS is not "temporary" they never leave. They need to go home!

Stop all immigration for 10 years, clean this mess up, and deport 35 million. Let Canada take them all.

DACA should be contributing to their country's success. Out they go.

The citizens of the United States have been under a form of martial law ever since Obama illegally and unConstitutionally decreed DACA Amnesty in 2012.

WASHINGTON, D.C.


GOP-led states call on court to shut down DACA


by: Lauren Sforza
Posted: Feb 1, 2023 / 01:39 PM CST
Updated: Feb 1, 2023 / 01:39 PM CST



A coalition of nine Republican-led states on Tuesday asked a federal court in Texas to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which shields “Dreamers” from deportation.

The DACA program was implemented under the Obama administration in 2012 as a way to protect undocumented immigrants who were brought into the U.S. as children. Since its inception, it has faced regular legal challenges from conservative groups and states.

This coalition, which is led by Texas, is calling on the Southern District federal court to declare DACA “unlawful” and “unconstitutional,” according to court documents filed on Tuesday.

The filings state that DACA should be prevented from accepting any new applicants and, in two years, prevented from approving renewal requests from existing Dreamers.

The Southern District court, at the request of the same group of states, had previously blocked new applications for the program, ruling that “with the creation of DACA and its continued operation,” the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) violated the Administrative Procedure Act.

However, the judge in question, Andrew Hanen, still allowed for current Dreamers to renew their status in the 2021 ruling.

Hanen’s ruling at the time was based largely on the fact that the DACA program was created by a memo under the Obama administration and that it was not a formal rule. In August, DHS issued a final regulation to replace the memo and codify the DACA program and allow new applicants starting in October.

The group of states has now asked Hanen to review the Biden administration’s new regulation, claiming that this new move is also unlawful for the same reasons the initial memo was.

“The Final Rule—as the latest manifestation of the DACA program—is substantively unlawful for the same reasons as the DACA Memorandum. The Court should declare it unlawful and unconstitutional, vacate it in its entirety, and permanently enjoin its implementation (with a prudent transition for existing DACA recipients)” the filing concludes.

As of September, there are nearly 600,000 active DACA recipients whose benefits could be at risk if the program is struck down, according to federal data.



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DACA needs to "transition" back home and take their entire family with them.

Take your education and job skills you stole from us and go work back home to make your country a "better life".

BLAME your criminal trespassing parents who brought you here illegally and no one else.

Say "thank you" America, and shut up, pack up, and get out.