Biden wants to codify DACA policy
Joe Biden wants the current Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) laws codified. Nine states are suing to stop that from happening.
U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen for the Southern District of Texas agreed with the states and declared the DACA program illegal Wednesday. Hanen, appointed by President George W. Bush in 2002, said the current revised version of the DACA policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens brought to the United States as children is still illegal. His ruling will likely be appealed to the Supreme Court, which will be the third time DACA’s fate has been left to the Supreme Court.
Hanen barred the government from approving any new applications on Wednesday but left the program intact as it exists during the appeals process, which is expected. No action is necessary from the federal government against DACA recipients.
In 2012, then-President Barack Obama, the man alleged to be a Constitutional scholar, said that he had no authority to circumvent Congress at the time to put the DACA program into effect.
