× DACA backers ask federal judge for reprieve: Can’t we just wait until Joe Biden is president? Share on Facebook Share on Twitter DACA backers ask federal judge for reprieve: Can’t we just wait until Joe Biden is president? Karen TownsendPosted at 2:00 pm on December 23, 2020 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen heard arguments on Tuesday in a Texas lawsuit that questions the legality of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Both sides in the lawsuit asked for a hearing before the judge in Houston instead of holding a trial. Texas joined eight other states to argue that President Obama went around Congress’ authority on immigration laws when he created DACA in 2012. We remember that even Obama himself admitted he had no constitutional authority to put DACA into place but he went ahead and did it anyway. After all, 2012 was the year he was running for re-election and there were Hispanic votes to pander for, you know. Obama presented his case for DACA because the children brought here by parents breaking the immigration laws of the United States were innocents in the act. Their protections are limited and must be renewed every two years.