The ruling prevented new applicants, saying the plan was illegally created by former President Obama. U.S. Commonwealth judge Texas blocked a new application for a program to protect immigrants brought to the United States as children from deportation, but said the hundreds of thousands of people already registered would not be affected until further court rulings. On Friday, U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen supported a group of states suing to terminate the deferred return of child entry (DACA) program, saying that the program was illegally formulated by former President Barack Obama in 2012. Hanen found that the plan was in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) when it was created, but said that because there are currently too many people participating in the plan—nearly 650,000 people—his ruling will be put on hold until the court decides on the case Further ruling.