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HOUSTON (AP) A federal court on Tuesday will consider whether to invalidate a program that shields from deportation immigrants brought to the United States as children, potentially creating complications for the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden.
The challenge to be heard in Houston concerns President Barack Obama’s original memorandum creating Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which currently covers about 650,000 people.
Federal courts have already turned away President Donald Trump’s efforts to end DACA. Under the order of a judge in New York, the Trump administration in December restored the program to its original terms under Obama, accepting new applications and full renewals of two-year work permits and general protections from deportation.
DACA program for immigrants could end in Houston court case
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HOUSTON, Texas A federal court on Tuesday will consider whether to invalidate a program that shields from deportation immigrants brought to the United States as children, potentially creating complications for the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden.
The challenge to be heard in Houston concerns President Barack Obama s original memorandum creating Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which currently covers about 650,000 people.
Federal courts have already turned away President Donald Trump s efforts to end DACA. Under the order of a judge in New York, the Trump administration in December restored the program to its original terms under Obama, accepting new applications and full renewals of two-year work permits and general protections from deportation.
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FILE - In this June 18, 2020, file photo, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) students gather in front of the Supreme Court in Washington. The Trump administration has fully restored the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for immigrants brought to the U.S. as youth, complying with a federal judge s order. The announcement is a major, if temporary, victory for people who have been unable to apply since Trump ended DACA in September 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) December 15, 2020 - 10:15 AM
HOUSTON - A federal court next week is expected to consider whether to invalidate a program that shields from deportation immigrants brought to the United States as children, potentially creating complications for the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden.
December 9, 2020
Juan Estrada RLAW 21 will be an associate at Fried Frank, then a staff attorney for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
Growing up as the son of immigrants and a DACA recipient, Juan Carlos Estrada RLAW ’21 understands firsthand the injustices and harsh working conditions that immigrants have endured in the United States. Estrada, a graduate of the University of Texas in San Antonio, was inspired to go to law school, in part to help the Latinx community.
“Today, the Latino population is one of the fastest-growing and youngest ethnic groups in the country, but we continue to be disproportionately disadvantaged and underrepresented,” he wrote in his application.