Trump Administration Stumbles Againin Court in DACA Rescission
So far, the Trump administration has had a hard time in the courts in its efforts to rescind DACA.
Ted Hesson on Politico reports on the order of a federal judge last Friday ordered the Trump administration to restart in full the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The decision is the latest legal blow against President Donald Trump’s decision to phase out the Obama-era program, which offers deportation relief to undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children.
U.S. District Judge John Bates‘ order allowed the U.S. government until August 23 to appeal his order. Judge Bates in April became the third federal judge to order the administration to restart renewals for people previously approved for DACA. He also threatened to vacate the memo ending DACA and restore the program in full if Trump officials could not present an adequate reason for ending it.
In a 25-page ruling, Bates, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, rejected the administration’s argument that the original decision to end DACA remained sound. Specifically, he criticized a June memo issued by Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. In the memo, Nielsen said she stood by the legal rationale laid out in a Sept. 5 directive from then-acting Secretary Elaine Duke.
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