Federal appeals court rules against Trump's effort to end DACA

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published 8 November 2018

A federal appeals court has upheld an order preventing the Trump administration from ending DACA.

In a decision Thursday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which was put into place by former President Barack Obama and allows some undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children to be shielded from deportation for two years and receive work permits, can continue, BuzzFeed News reports.

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The 9th Circuit concluded that the Department of Homeland Security was wrong to assert that DACA is illegal, writing that the program is "a permissible exercise of executive discretion," and therefore those who have sought to challenge the administration's move to rescind it "are likely to succeed." The decision notes, however, that this is not to say that Trump can not end DACA at all, but that in this case, the administration "acted based on an erroneous view of what the law required."

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Brendan worked as a culture writer at The Week from 2018 to 2023, covering the entertainment industry, including film reviews, television recaps, awards season, the box office, major movie franchises and Hollywood gossip. He has written about film and television for outlets including Bloody Disgusting, Showbiz Cheat Sheet, Heavy and The Celebrity Cafe.

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