A federal judge orders Donald Trump to reinstate DACA

ON APRIL 24th, Donald Trump suffered a third setback to his effort to undo Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). The programme, introduced by Barack Obama in 2012, shields undocumented immigrants brought to America as children from deportation. Twice in recent months, federal judges in California and New York have concluded that Mr Trump's decision in September 2017 to ditch DACA was illegal. Both rulings effectively wiped out the end-date of March 5th the Trump administration set in the autumn.The decision this week from Judge John Bates goes further than either of the previous injunctions. As well as requiring Mr Trump to process renewals of existing DACA enrollees, Judge Bates orders the president to invite and approve first-time applications from so-called Dreamers who have yet to register for the programme.Judge Bates grounded his ruling in the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), a federal law that sets...Continue reading
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