US judge hears arguments targeting ‘Dreamer’ protections Al Jazeera English © Nine states are asking a federal judge to invalidate a program that protects Dreamer immigrants fr. Nine states are asking a federal judge to invalidate a program that protects Dreamer immigrants from deportation [File: Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo]
A Texas-led coalition of nine states urged a federal judge on Tuesday to invalidate a programme that grants hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the United States as children the ability to live and work in the country.
During a court hearing in Houston that lasted more than three hours, the states argued that the programme, known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), was not created lawfully by former President Barack Obama in 2012.
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