August 04, 2022
A New York federal judge refused to modify an order resuming acceptance of new Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals applications, saying clarification sought following a Texas judge's barring new approvals was actually a request for additional relief.
December 10, 2020
A New York federal judge chastised the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Thursday after people sent him messages criticizing last week's ruling reinstating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, chiding the government for singling him out in a public notice following that decision.
December 04, 2020
A New York federal judge ordered the Trump administration to fully reinstate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, ruling Friday that because acting U.S. Department of Homeland Security chief Chad Wolf was improperly appointed to his role, he lacked the authority to issue a memo curbing the program.
December 02, 2020
The Trump administration has criticized a request for a permanent injunction requiring it to fully reinstate DACA and to update a New York federal judge on that process, saying such relief goes well beyond immigrants' "extraordinary" win restoring the program at the U.S. Supreme Court.
November 25, 2020
More than a dozen states and a group of immigrants urged a New York federal judge on Tuesday to order the Trump administration to fully reinstate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, and to frequently update the court on its compliance with that order.
November 18, 2020
A New York federal judge rebuked the Trump administration Wednesday for refusing to reinstate DACA, saying the administration was "ignoring" court orders that preserved the immigration program while trying to "run out the clock" on the president's remaining time in office.
November 15, 2020
A New York federal judge on Saturday struck down the Trump administration's latest bid to roll back DACA, finding that acting Homeland Security chief Chad Wolf was improperly appointed and lacked the authority to limit the Obama-era immigration program.
September 11, 2020
The Trump administration on Friday defended acting Secretary Chad Wolf's U.S. Department of Homeland Security appointment, saying that immigrants looking to save the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program are relying on a faulty reading of the department's line of succession to challenge his authority to roll it back.
August 28, 2020
Young immigrants and states lobbed the first legal challenges Friday to the Trump administration's latest attempt to roll back DACA, claiming that acting U.S. Department of Homeland Security chief Chad Wolf was illegally appointed and lacked the authority to end the immigration program.
August 07, 2020
A coalition of advocates who fought to resurrect the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program announced plans to update their complaint in response to new changes that they say violate administrative and constitutional law.