Texas judge orders federal government to stop granting new DACA applications Texas Tribune Updated: A DACA recipient spoke during a sit-in for immigration reform in the middle of Washington, D.C.'s Constitution Avenue on April 28, 2021. United We Dream, the nation's largest immigrant youth advocacy group, demanded President Joe Biden halt all deportations, end border detentions and deliver a broad pathway to citizenship on the eve of his hundredth day in office. Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A federal judge in Texas ruled Friday that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, a program that allows certain immigrants to temporarily avoid deportation and receive renewable work permits, is illegal and ordered the Biden administration to stop granting new applications.