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riversedge

(70,218 posts)
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 04:29 PM Jan 2019

DACA program that protects young undocumented immigrants not likely to get Supreme Court review this

Source: washpost



DACA program that protects young undocumented immigrants not likely to get Supreme Court review this term


January 22 at 10:38 AM

The Supreme Court is not likely to review during its current term the program that shields young undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children, leaving in place the Obama-era initiative that the Trump administration has tried to end.

The justices on Tuesday took no action on the administration’s request that it review the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which has protected nearly 700,000 people brought to this country as children, commonly known as “dreamers.”

If the court sticks to its normal procedures, that would mean that even if it accepts the case as a later date, it would not be argued until the new term starting in October, with a decision likely in 2020.............................

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/daca-program-that-protects-young-undocumented-immigrants-not-likely-to-get-supreme-court-review-this-term/2019/01/22/dd3ac11a-1db3-11e9-8e21-59a09ff1e2a1_story.html?utm_term=.dd1417aa749awas



So basically DACA folks are still in limbo.


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DACA program that protects young undocumented immigrants not likely to get Supreme Court review this (Original Post) riversedge Jan 2019 OP
A temp extension of DACA protections BumRushDaShow Jan 2019 #1
I don't want an extension. Cold War Spook Jan 2019 #2

BumRushDaShow

(128,979 posts)
1. A temp extension of DACA protections
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 08:01 PM
Jan 2019

was originally supposed to be a sweetener to get votes for the wall. The incentive has now been pretty much neutered for this year due to this SCOTUS action.

 

Cold War Spook

(1,279 posts)
2. I don't want an extension.
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 08:25 PM
Jan 2019

I am willing for Congress to vote for $5 billion for the wall as soon as every illegal immigrant in this country is guaranteed citizenship within one year. That is about $500 per immigrant. I can live with that.

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