Court case in Texas shows DACA program remains under peril
by Juan A. Lozano, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 21, 2020 11:43 pm EDT
Last Updated Dec 21, 2020 at 11:56 pm EDT
FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2019, file photo people rally outside the Supreme Court over President Trump s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), at the Supreme Court in Washington. A Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020 federal court hearing in Houston over a U.S. program shielding immigrants brought to the country illegally as children highlights the peril the program still faces even under an incoming Democratic president who has pledged to protect it. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
No immediate ruling after hearing on fate of DACA program FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2019, file photo people rally outside the Supreme Court as oral arguments are heard in the case of President Trump s decision to end the Obama-era, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), at the Supreme Court in Washington. The Trump administration must accept new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that protects some young immigrants from deportation, a federal judge ruled Friday, Dec. 4, 2020 in vacating a memo from the acting Homeland Security secretary that had suspended it. (Source: Jacquelyn Martin) By Associated Press | December 22, 2020 at 3:11 PM CST - Updated December 22 at 11:36 PM
Juan A. Lozano
FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2019, file photo people rally outside the Supreme Court over President Trump s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), at the Supreme Court in Washington. A Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020 federal court hearing in Houston over a U.S. program shielding immigrants brought to the country illegally as children highlights the peril the program still faces even under an incoming Democratic president who has pledged to protect it. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) December 22, 2020 - 1:46 PM
HOUSTON - A federal judge did not immediately issue a ruling following a court hearing Tuesday on the fate of a U.S. program shielding immigrants brought to the country illegally as children.
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Tuesday a federal judge in Houston will hear arguments from Texas and eight other states looking to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals programs.
DACA provides protections for people who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children. The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund is defending DACA.
President-elect Joe Biden has expressed his support for DACA, pledging to protect the program. But if the judge rules against the program, Biden’s ability to keep the program could be limited.