Representatives from Big Tech companies have issued statements on Saturday in favor of the now-ended DACA program, and criticizing the decision to halt it.
A District Court Judge ruled on Friday in favor of a lawsuit launched by a group of state governments, saying that the DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, program was initially created illegally.
The ruling halts any furtherance of the program from this point forward, but does allow for its continuance for people who have already entered into it, whose numbers are approximately 650,000.
The DACA program allowed people who entered the US illegally as a child or as a young adult under 25 years old to have a potential legal path to residency and citizenship, along with work authorization and immunity from deportation. It was originally created in 2012 by the Obama administration, when current president Joe Biden was then Vice President.According to Reuters , […]
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