September 30, 2025
The Trump administration told a Texas federal judge it will resume processing applications for removal protection and employment authorization for noncitizens unlawfully brought to the U.S. as children, but will withhold work permits and lawful presence from Texas residents.
May 21, 2025
Following the presidential transition, the U.S. Department of Justice moved to dismiss suits brought by the Biden administration challenging state immigration enforcement measures in Texas, Iowa and Oklahoma, leaving the status of those cases up in the air.
February 05, 2024
Dozens of local governments and advocacy groups have thrown their support behind the Biden administration's appeal to save the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, telling the Fifth Circuit both families and economies will suffer if DACA dies.
November 09, 2023
The Biden administration on Thursday appealed to the Fifth Circuit a court ruling that threatens to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which provides immigration protections to hundreds of thousands of unauthorized immigrants who came to the U.S. as children.
September 14, 2023
Beneficiaries of a program protecting some undocumented immigrants from deportation said Thursday they are reeling after a Texas federal judge found the program unlawful, and they are ramping up calls for Congress to finally provide them a way to become lawful permanent residents.
September 13, 2023
A Texas federal judge on Wednesday ruled against President Joe Biden's attempt to fix defects in an Obama-era program protecting some young immigrants from deportation, saying the new program is not materially different from the earlier one he knocked down.
August 09, 2023
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients chided Republican-led states for citing a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that blocked President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan, telling a Texas federal court the states overlooked facts that show they actually lack standing to sue over federal immigration policies.
August 01, 2023
The Biden administration told the Texas federal judge overseeing the Lone Star state's challenge to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling striking down the Biden administration's student loan forgiveness program does not implicate DACA.
July 18, 2023
Republican states challenging the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program said Tuesday that a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling reviving Biden administration deportation guidelines doesn't foreclose their lawsuit, saying the majority opinion emphasized the ruling's narrow application.
July 13, 2023
In the coming months, federal courts could determine the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and issue decisions with major ramifications for President Joe Biden's efforts to reduce irregular migration.