August 14, 2018
The parties in a suit challenging the legality of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program debated Monday whether its creation violated the Administrative Procedure Act's notice-and-comment requirements or constituted a legitimate exercise of executive discretion as a Texas judge weighs whether to block the immigration program.
August 08, 2018
A federal judge in Houston on Wednesday declined to rule on a request from the state of Texas and nine other states to halt the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, instead asking the parties for more briefing on one specific issue, to be filed by the end of the day Monday.
July 23, 2018
Texas business groups including Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and others have urged a Texas federal court to reject arguments to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, arguing that doing so would cost the Texas economy more than $6 billion.
July 06, 2018
An immigration advocacy group on Thursday urged a Texas federal court to toss a lawsuit by Texas and seven other states challenging the legality of the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program because the states and the federal government agree DACA should be nixed.
June 11, 2018
The Trump administration on Friday declined to defend the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program against a challenge brought by Texas and six other states, telling a Texas federal court that it believes the policy is unlawful.
May 30, 2018
A Texas federal judge on Wednesday rejected a bid by an immigration advocacy group that he toss a recently filed suit by Texas and six other states challenging the legality of the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program because a pending case in California is already reviewing the matter.
May 01, 2018
Texas and six other states sued the federal government on Tuesday seeking to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, saying the 2012 executive action that created the program was improper lawmaking by the executive branch.