Supreme Court Takes Up Case Blocking Trump Bid To End DACA

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 09: A woman holds a placard as she takes part during a march in protest of President Trump's decision on DACA in front of a Trump Hotel on September 9, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Kena B... NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 09: A woman holds a placard as she takes part during a march in protest of President Trump's decision on DACA in front of a Trump Hotel on September 9, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Kena Betancur/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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After letting the case sit for months, the Supreme Court announced Friday it would take up a legal challenge to President Trump’s efforts to end his predecessor’s program to shield young migrants from deportation.

President Trump sought to end the program, known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA, in 2017. But he was blocked from doing so by courts that found that the rationale then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions put forward for ending DACA — that it was unlawful — was flawed, and thus the action was arbitrary and capricious.

The case was appealed to the Supreme Court, but the justices declined the Justice Department’s request to expedite its review so it could be decided in the 2019 term. The justices considered whether to grant review of the case for nearly five months before deciding Friday to take it up.

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  1. So… DACA will officially end in a 5-4 decision by June 2020.

  2. Avatar for paulw paulw says:

    They really must be thinking the hispanic vote will break for them.

  3. And hopefully be restored Jan 2021 by a democratic president…

  4. About right . The morans will do it just in time to really motivate hispanic voters.
    Ya this shoot themselves-in-the-foot-with-pictures-of-successful-young-Dreamers-being-dragged-across-the-border will have profound support from the 30%
    Everyone else- not so much

  5. Bam somebody finally said it

    Jimmy Carter said he doesn’t believe President Trump won the 2016 election legitimately.

    Speaking at a Carter Center conference on human rights on Friday, the former president said a full investigation into Russian interference “would show that Trump didn’t actually win the election in 2016.”

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