Appeals court sends DACA case back to lower court to review new Biden rule, temporarily protecting Dreamers | Fox 11 Tri Cities Fox 41 Yakima

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : In August, the administration also announced a new rule, set to go in effect on Oct. 31, to codify DACA and address some of the concerns the Supreme Court had voiced about the program in the past.
49% : People close to the White House have told NBC News that President Joe Biden was readying an executive order directing Immigration and Customs Enforcement to deprioritize the removal of DACA recipients and refrain their deportation if they aren't deemed threats to public safety or national security.
47% : But former President Donald Trump, who had at times hailed these young people despite campaign promises to crack down on illegal immigration, announced in September 2017 that he was ending the program and called for a permanent version of the program as part of a "comprehensive" immigration overhaul.
40% : The rule review potentially preserves DACA for at least several more months, but its future is far from assured, especially given the current, more conservative composition of the U.S. Supreme Court.
40% : Texas also alleged that the program is harmful because it enables DACA recipients to compete with citizens for jobs and leaves the state on the hook for some health care, education and social services costs.
40% : While these may be compelling policy rationales for DACA, they can have no effect on this court's legal conclusion.
38% : In his July 2021 ruling, Texas federal court Judge Andrew Hanen sided with the states, finding that DHS did not have the authority to implement DACA and the program was unlawful.
37% : Roberts pointed out toward the end of his opinion that DHS could simply revisit its legal strategy on how to unwind DACA in the future.
36% : Former President Barack Obama established DACA by executive order in 2012 out of frustration over congressional inaction on immigration reform.
22% : The swing vote, Chief Justice John Roberts, sided with the liberal justices, finding that the Trump administration had broken the laws governing federal agencies when he ended DACA in 2017 because the memorandum that recommended its termination did not address crucial parts of the policy.

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