Texas Federal Judge Rules Obama DACA Program Illegal, Blocks New Applicants
A Texas federal judge recently ruled that President Obama violated federal statute when he implemented the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that has provided safe-haven to thousands of illegal migrants since 2012.
On Friday, Judge Andrew Hanen ordered President Joe Biden’s administration to effectively shut down the DACA program by blocking the federal government from allowing new applicants or illegal migrants who have not already enrolled into the seemingly illegal program.
“DHS violated the [Administrative Procedure Act] with the creation DACA and its continued operation … the DACA Memorandum and the DACA program that it created are hereby vacated and remanded to DHS for further consideration, as requested,” Hanen writes.
“DHS … is hereby enjoined from approving any new DACA applications and granting the attendant status,” Hanen continues.
Breitbart reported that the ruling, “throws a wrench in the Biden administration’s plan to ramp up the DACA program by adding new applicants to the program’s rolls. For months, Biden and elected Democrats in Washington, D.C. have sought to pass an amnesty for DACA illegal aliens — most recently, by slipping it into a Senate Democrat budget that would only need majority support.”
As of 2017, more than 2,100 DACA illegal aliens have been booted off the now illegal program after having committed a crime.
The case is Texas v. United States, No. 1:18-cv-00068 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
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