Posted on 01/18/2025 6:22:30 AM PST by Macho MAGA Man
A federal appeals court has dealt a critical blow to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, a controversial Obama-era policy that has shielded over half a million illegal immigrants from deportation.
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, this ruling signals a potential turning point in America’s battle against illegal immigration.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit upheld a lower court ruling that found the Biden administration’s attempt to codify DACA violated U.S. immigration law.
The decision affirms that the 2012 Obama-era memo, which unilaterally created DACA without congressional approval, was both unconstitutional and a blatant overreach of executive power, CBS reported.
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Prepare for the “This is Jose. He was born in Guatemala/Honduras/etc. and came to California as an infant. He has lived here his whole life. Jose never learned Spanish, and now that evil Trump is trying to send him back to a gang-infested country where he neither speaks the language, or understands the customs” stories.
Get’em outta here!
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Texas [US District judge Andrew S. Hanen, Dubya judge]
USDC No. 1:18-CV-68
______________________________
Before Smith, Clement, and Higginson, Circuit Judges.
*
Jerry E. Smith, Circuit judge [Reagan];
Steven A. Higginson, Circuit judge [Obama];
Edith Brown Clement, Senior Circuit judge [Dubya]
https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/fifth-circuit-daca-ruling.pdf
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Texas [US District judge Andrew S. Hanen, Dubya judge]
USDC No. 1:18-CV-68
______________________________
Before Smith, Clement, and Higginson, Circuit Judges.
*
Jerry E. Smith, Circuit judge [Reagan];
Steven A. Higginson, Circuit judge [Obama];
Edith Brown Clement, Senior Circuit judge [Dubya]
https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/fifth-circuit-daca-ruling.pdf
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