Issued on: 18/06/2020 – 17:19Modified: 18/06/2020 – 17:19
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday dealt President Donald Trump a major setback on hishardline immigration policies, ruling against his bid to end aprogram that protects from deportation hundreds of thousands of immigrants, dubbed "Dreamers," who entered the United States illegally as children.
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The justices on a 5-4 vote upheld lower court rulings that found that Trump's 2017 move to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, created in 2012 by his Democratic predecessor Barack Obama, was unlawful.
Conservative Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court's four liberals in finding that the administrations actions were "arbitrary and capricious" under a federal law called the Administrative Procedure Act.
The ruling means that the roughly 649,000 immigrants, mostly young Hispanic adults born in Mexico and other Latin American countries, currently enrolled in DACA will remain protected from deportation and eligible to obtain renewable two-year work permits.
The ruling does not prevent Trump from trying again to end the program. But his administration is unlikely to be able to end DACA before the Nov. 3 election in which Trump is seeking a second four-year term in office.
"We do not decide whether DACA or its rescission are sound policies. We address only whether the agency complied with the procedural requirement that it provide a reasoned explanation for its action," Roberts wrote.
The ruling marks the second time this week that Roberts has ruled against Trump in a major case following Monday's decision finding that gay and transgender workers are protected under federal employment law.
The court's four other conservatives including two Trump appointees, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, dissented.
"Today's decision must be recognized for what it is: an effort to avoid a politically controversial but legally correct decision," conservative Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in dissent.
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Issued on: 18/06/2020 – 17:19Modified: 18/06/2020 – 17:19
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday dealt President Donald Trump a major setback on hishardline immigration policies, ruling against his bid to end aprogram that protects from deportation hundreds of thousands of immigrants, dubbed "Dreamers," who entered the United States illegally as children.
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Read more
The justices on a 5-4 vote upheld lower court rulings that found that Trump's 2017 move to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, created in 2012 by his Democratic predecessor Barack Obama, was unlawful.
Conservative Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court's four liberals in finding that the administrations actions were "arbitrary and capricious" under a federal law called the Administrative Procedure Act.
The ruling means that the roughly 649,000 immigrants, mostly young Hispanic adults born in Mexico and other Latin American countries, currently enrolled in DACA will remain protected from deportation and eligible to obtain renewable two-year work permits.
The ruling does not prevent Trump from trying again to end the program. But his administration is unlikely to be able to end DACA before the Nov. 3 election in which Trump is seeking a second four-year term in office.
"We do not decide whether DACA or its rescission are sound policies. We address only whether the agency complied with the procedural requirement that it provide a reasoned explanation for its action," Roberts wrote.
The ruling marks the second time this week that Roberts has ruled against Trump in a major case following Monday's decision finding that gay and transgender workers are protected under federal employment law.
The court's four other conservatives including two Trump appointees, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, dissented.
"Today's decision must be recognized for what it is: an effort to avoid a politically controversial but legally correct decision," conservative Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in dissent.
Trump's administration has argued that Obama exceeded his constitutional powers when he created DACA by executivRead More – Source
