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Susana Lujano, left, a dreamer from Mexico who lives in Houston, joins other activists to rally in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, also known as DACA, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 15, 2022.

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Federal judge again declares that DACA is illegal

2:29am September 14, 2023

by The Associated Press

The U.S. district judge agreed with nine states suing to stop the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The ruling means the program's fate will likely go to the Supreme Court a third time.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services building is shown in Washington, D.C. A proposed rule will expand government-funded health care access to DACA recipients.

Biden moves to expand DACA recipients' access to government-funded health insurance

3:56pm April 13, 2023

The Department of Health and Human Services will propose an amended definition of "lawful presence" to include recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, the White House said.

Politics & Government

House Bill Targets Community IDs

3:00pm March 07, 2023

by Eileen Rodriguez

A bill that would stop government and law enforcement from recognizing community IDs as a viable form of identification is currently awaiting vote in the North Carolina Gen

A federal appeals court Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, ordered a lower court review of Biden administration revisions to DACA, a program preventing the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought into the United States as children. The ruling, for now, leaves the future of DACA up in the air.

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An appeals court rules against DACA, but the program continues — for now

7:07pm October 05, 2022

by The Associated Press

The Fifth Circuit said a federal district judge in Texas should take another look at the program following the revisions adopted by the Biden administration, leaving the future of DACA up in the air.

Demonstrators hold up signs outside the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals building in New Orleans on Wednesday as a panel of judges heard arguments on the Obama-era program that prevents the deportation of thousands of immigrants brought into the U.S. as

Appeals court hears arguments over GOP-leaning states' suit to end DACA

5:55pm July 06, 2022

by The Associated Press

A federal judge in Texas last year declared the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program dead but left it intact while his order is appealed by the Justice Department and advocacy groups.

Luis Grijalva, a student at Northern Arizona University, has qualified to compete at the Tokyo Olympics and represent his home country of Guatemala. But as a DACA recipient he couldn't leave the United States without special permission.

His DACA Status Almost Dashed His Olympic Hopes. He Just Got The All-Clear

3:42pm July 28, 2021

by Deepa Shivaram

Luis Grijalva qualified to run track for his home country of Guatemala. But, being a DACA recipient, the Arizona college student needed a special permit to leave the United States in order to return.

President Biden speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House on July 21 after returning from a trip to Cincinnati.

Politics & Government

Pressure Is Building On Biden To Do More For Asylum-Seekers And Migrants

9:00pm July 26, 2021

by Franco Ordoñez

President Biden, who spoke Monday to the nation's largest Latino civil rights group, is under pressure to make good on his promises to fix the immigration system.

DACA counted some 636,000 active recipients — known as DREAMers — at the end of last year.

A Federal Judge Ruled DACA Unlawful — But Current Recipients Are Safe For Now

9:39pm July 16, 2021

Texas and several other states argued then-President Barack Obama had overstepped his authority by creating Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals in 2012. Federal District Judge Andrew Hanen agreed.

Javier Maradiaga (far right) with his brother, Jason Castillo; mother, Alma Maradiaga; and sister, Dariela Moncada on Christmas Eve in 2017.

National

Judge Blocks Biden Deportation Ban, Jeopardizing Former DACA Recipient

7:38pm January 28, 2021

by Ashish Valentine

A federal judge in Texas has temporarily blocked President Biden's 100-day moratorium on most deportations. One man who was scheduled for deportation is tangled in the bureaucratic morass.

Santiago Potes is the first Latino DACA recipient to be awarded a prestigious Rhodes scholarship.

Santiago Potes Is 1st Latino DACA Recipient To Be Awarded Rhodes Scholarship

10:23am December 08, 2020

As a 2021 Rhodes Scholar, Potes will study at the University of Oxford. His parents settled in Miami after fleeing Colombia when he was 4. He is a new graduate of Columbia University in New York.

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