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Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California, 591 U.S. 1 (2020), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held by a 5–4 vote that a 2017 U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) order to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration program was "arbitrary and capricious" under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and ...
Research has shown that DACA increased the wages and employment status of DACA-eligible immigrants, [17] [18] [19] and improved the mental health outcomes for DACA participants and their children. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] [ 22 ] Research also suggests it reduced the number of undocumented immigrant households living in poverty. [ 23 ]
In several ongoing cases, federal judges continue to rule that DACA is illegal. In one case led by Texas, a coalition of states sued to end DACA. In it, a federal judge ruled more than once that ...
DACA recipients are also parents to more than 200,000 U.S. citizen children. Among them is Angel Reyes, a DACA recipient from Long Island, who is an organizing coordinator at Make the Road New York .
Former President Barack Obama, who first announced the DACA program in 2012, issued a statement on Twitter, applauding the decision and urging people to support Joe Biden, his former vice president.
Participation was granted for two years with renewal possible. DACA grantees also got work authorizations and were eligible to receive Social Security, retirement, disability benefits, and, in certain states, benefits such as driver's licenses or unemployment insurance. DACA became a campaign issue in the 2016 United States Presidential election.
A U.S. judge in North Dakota has blocked the Biden administration from requiring 19 Republican-led states to provide health insurance coverage to immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children.
Vidal's case at the District Court was heard under Judge Nicholas Garaufis, who after the case was amended to include the new claims related to the Trump's administration's decision to rescind DACA, became a noted figure in the DACA debate as he had been found to be harshly critical of the responses the government had made in why they opted to ...