Obama-era DACA program likely illegal: Judge
Ruling still allows Dreamers protections, as courts sort out legal mess
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Friday, August 31, 2018
A federal judge ruled Friday that the DACA deportation amnesty was probably illegal when President Obama created it in 2012 — but he refused to halt the program altogether, leaving it to other courts to sort out a major legal mess.
Judge Andrew S. Hanen’s ruling clashes with those of several other federal courts which said President Trump’s attempt last year to phase out the DACA program was also illegal.
Taken on face, the rulings mean that the program is illegal — but so is the effort to erase it from the books.
The issues are likely to speed through the circuit courts and quickly reach the Supreme Court, perhaps during its upcoming session.
But for now it leaves the program mostly intact, with current DACA recipients able to renew their work permits and two-year stays of deportation, though no new illegal immigrants are able to apply.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/31/obama-era-daca-program-likely-illegal-judge/
