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A federal judge declared the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program created under the Obama administration as unlawful.

A federal judge declared the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program created under the Obama administration as unlawful.

Late last Friday, a federal judge in New York issued a ruling directing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to fully restore Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) to the state it existed in prior to the Trump administration’s attempt to end the program

In a widely expected, though still shocking, move DHS and USCIS confirmed in a memorandum that it will automatically reject new applications for the DACA program and cut the deferment period in half.

New reporting from Reuters today details reports that the Trump administration, rather than opening DACA for new recipients, will review the Supreme Court ruling and begin a new attempt to end the program.

It has been one month since the U.S. Supreme Court unexpectedly ruled that the Trump administration could not immediately end the DACA program. 

In what most observers are calling a surprise ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that protects 650,000 young undocumented immigrants from deportation cannot be immediately ended.

A Supreme Court ruling on the legality of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is expected this month. 

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments today over whether or not the Trump administration could end the program that has helped hundreds of thousands of undocumented young people.

Last Friday, a federal judge in Washington D.C. ordered the Trump administration to continue processing renewal applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.