By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN 7/6/2022
A federal appeals court in New Orleans will hear arguments Wednesday on the legality of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, setting up another high-stakes legal clash over immigration that could impact hundreds of thousands of people.
DACA, created in 2012, was intended to provide temporary reprieve to undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children, a group often described as "Dreamers." Many of those are now adults.
There are more than 611,000 immigrants enrolled in the program, according to US Citizenship and Immigration Services. The case before the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday could impact hundreds of thousands of immigrants who rely on the program as well as those who might benefit.
A decade since the program was established, DACA is still one of the only signs of potential relief for undocumented immigrants looking to remain and work in the US -- and it remains in legal limbo.
"DACA recipients have maximized their opportunity in these last 10 years," Maria Gabriela "Gaby" Pacheco, TheDream.US director of advocacy, development and communications, told reporters last week, citing, for example, recipients getting college degrees and owning homes.
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