Nine Republican-Ruled States Call to End the DACA Program

The governors of the states of Texas, Arkansas, Alabama, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Carolina, West Virginia, Kansas, and Mississippi have asked Federal Judge Andrew Hanen of South Texas to strike down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program ( DACA), known as dreamerswhich was updated by President Joe Biden last year.

The plaintiffs, who processed the petition on Tuesday, consider that such a decision “exceeds the scope of the Executive branch”, for which reason they request its annulment. The administration Biden had made an adjustment to the program in August of last year.

DACA was created in 2012 by former Democratic President Barack Obama with the intention of protecting some 600,000 immigrants who arrived in the United States before their 16th birthday. Since then, he has navigated numerous court cases that have sought to end the measure.

Data from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) indicates that some 82,000 applications from eligible applicants have not been processed.

What are the governors of these 9 states asking for?

Republican governors ask the judge to annul the DACA Final Rule signed last year by President Biden to “preserve and strengthen DACA”, this in response to the numerous legal cases opened in the country, including program review by the Supreme Court of Justice.

“The final rule as the last manifestation of the DACA program is substantially illegal for the same reasons as the 2021 DACA Memorandum,” indicates the text presented to the federal court this Tuesday.

The Republican governors say the Court should “strike down in its entirety and permanently bar its implementation,” leaving open the possibility of seeking ways to transition current DACA recipients.

In 2021, according to media reports in the US, Judge Halen ruled that DACA was illegal; however, he allowed it to continue operating, at which time defense attorneys for the Biden Administration could appeal the decision.

Last October the Court of Appeals of the 5th. Circuit, based in New Orleans, in the state of Louisiana, refused to render a verdict and remanded the case back to the same Hanen court, since it was up to the judge to assess the Biden Administration’s proposal to shield the protection program for dreamers.

The White House has not yet commented on this new stage of the show’s court case. Judge Hanen is expected to make a decision until the second week of April, when he has completed the scheduled time for the parties to air arguments in court.

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