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First New DACA Applications Approved in Final Weeks of 2020
The U.S. government says it has approved the first new applicants in several years to the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for immigrants brought to the U.S. as young people.
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No Immediate Ruling After Hearing on Fate of DACA Program
A federal judge didn’t immediately issue a ruling following a court hearing on the fate of a U.S. program shielding immigrants brought to the country illegally as children
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Effort to Undo DACA Program Goes Before Texas Federal Judge Tuesday
The latest effort to undo the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, goes before a federal judge Tuesday in Houston.
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DACA Faces New Court Challenge in Texas
A federal court will consider whether to invalidate a program that shields from deportation immigrants brought to the United States as children, potentially creating complications for the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden
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US Fully Restores Protections for Young Immigrants
The Trump administration has fully restored the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for immigrants brought to the U.S. as young people, complying with a federal judge’s order.
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Federal Judge Reinstates DACA, Orders Homeland Security to Accept New Applicants
A New York federal judge on Friday restored the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program — which President Donald Trump has tried to end — in a court ruling that would swiftly grant thousands of immigrants whose parents brought them to the U.S. as young children the ability to continue to work and study in the country. U.S. District Judge...
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Judge: DHS Head Didn't Have Authority to Suspend DACA
A federal judge in New York City on Saturday said Chad Wolf has not been acting lawfully as the chief of Homeland Security and that, as such, his suspension of protections for a class of migrants brought to the United States illegally as children is invalid. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that the Trump administration wrongly tried to shut down protections...
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Trump Administration Won't Accept New DACA Applications, Will Shorten Renewals
The Trump administration says it will deny new applications for so-called “Dreamer” immigrants and limit renewals to one year instead of two
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Trump Says He Will Renew Effort to End DACA Protections
President Donald Trump said Friday that he will renew his administration’s effort to end legal protections for young immigrants after the Supreme Court blocked the first try. In a tweet Friday morning, Trump said, “The Supreme Court asked us to resubmit on DACA, nothing was lost or won. They “punted” much like in a football game (where hopefully they...
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Texas Reaction to Supreme Court DACA Decision
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to end legal protections for 650,000 young immigrants.
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‘Over the Moon!': DACA Recipients Celebrate Supreme Court Decision
Kassandra Aleman, 26, just got the news she was waiting for — and now has the green light to apply to law school. “I’m over the moon right now!” said Aleman, a deputy training director for the Texas Democratic Party and a DACA recipient. “Just knowing that I can move forward with my life for the time being gave me…
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Justices Take Up High-Profile Case Over Young Immigrants
The Supreme Court is taking up the Trump administration’s plan to end legal protections that shield 660,000 immigrants from deportation, a case with strong political overtones amid the 2020 presidential election campaign.
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Flight Attendant, a DACA Recipient, Released by ICE
A Mesa Airlines flight attendant, who as a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program recipient is barred from traveling outside the United States under the Trump administration’s rules, was released from immigration detention Friday after being taken into custody when she returned to the U.S. on a flight from Mexico that she had worked. Selene Saavedra Roman, 28, who works...
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Rhodes Scholar and ‘Dreamer' Fears He Can't Return to US
He became the first “Dreamer” to win the prestigious Rhodes scholarship, but for recent Harvard University graduate Jin Park, the joy of that achievement has given way to uncertainty. The 22-year-old, who lives in New York City, risks not being allowed back in the country if he enrolls at the University of Oxford in England in the fall.
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North Texas Faith Leaders Embark on MLK Legacy Road Trip
The morning before the 50th anniversary of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Junior’s assassination, an inter-faith group of religious leaders and followers will board a charter bus in Dallas and set off for a road trip through the south.
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DACA Deadline Arrives With Diminished Urgency
Here is where DACA stands on the day it was set to expire:
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UCSD Student Detained After Making Wrong Turn at US-Mexico Border Released
A University of California, San Diego student who was in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody and facing deportation after making a wrong turn at the U.S.-Mexico border has been released, an official confirmed to NBC 7.
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UCSD DACA Student in ICE Custody After Taking Wrong Turn Into Mexico
An Israeli citizen and UCSD student on DACA status has been in ICE custody since Sunday after he and a friend made a wrong turn and drove into the San Ysidro Port of Entry.
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California Becomes ‘Sanctuary State' as Gov. Brown Signs Bill
California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed “sanctuary state” legislation that extends protections statewide for immigrants living in the United States illegally.
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Immigrant Tuition Break Gaining Support in Tennessee
A push to offer in-state college tuition rates to students whose parents brought them into the country illegally is picking up unlikely momentum from some Republicans in Tennessee, a deeply conservative state that voted overwhelmingly for President Donald Trump and his tough stance on immigration. If they succeed, Tennessee lawmakers would join the overwhelmingly left-leaning Washington, D.C., as the only...
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US Prosecutors: Arrested Seattle ‘Dreamer' Admits Gang Ties
A Seattle area man detained by immigration agents despite his participation in a federal program to protect those brought to the U.S. illegally as children admitted to having gang ties, the U.S. Justice Department said in court documents filed Thursday....
Daniel Ramirez Medina “stated ‘no, not no more,’ when asked if he is or has been involved with any gang activity,”...