DACA counted some 636,000 active recipients â known as DREAMers â at the end of last year. Credit: The Washington Post via Getty Images
Federal Judge Rules Against DACA Program But Current Recipients Are Safe For Now By
at 3:31 pm NPR
A federal district judge in Texas has ruled against the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, striking a blow to the Obama-era policy that has protected more than 800,000 young undocumented immigrants from deportation since 2012.
The largely expected decision leaves the fate of thousands of the program s beneficiaries, known as DREAMers, in the hands of Congress, the Biden administration and a Supreme Court where conservatives hold a 6-3 majority.