Federal appeals court in New Orleans hears arguments on immigrants brought to US as kids

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : She said she wanted to advocate for those, like herself, whose applications with DACA remain pending as the appeals case plays out.
51% : "I'm a father of a 10-year-old, so getting DACA rescinded would put me in limbo of not knowing if I'm going to take my son to his next football game," Yahel Flores, a DACA recipient and the Carolinas state director of the American Business Immigration Coalition, told reporters on a Zoom call.
49% :DACA proponents argued that the program falls within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's power to prioritize enforcement.
48% : DACA, she said, "is the bare minimum that the U.S. government has offered immigrant communities after decades of fighting for basic human rights."
48% : She added, "I want to fight for everyone who can't."Questions of priorityA federal judge in Texas last year declared DACA illegal -- although he agreed to leave the program intact for those already benefiting from it while his order is appealed.
47% : In a court brief, DACA supporters said program beneficiaries "are parents of over a quarter-million U.S. citizens, and 70% of DACA recipients have an immediate family member who is a U.S. citizen."DACA has faced numerous court challenges since then-President Barack Obama created it by executive order in 2012.
41% : "Texas, joined by eight other Republican-leaning states, argues that DACA was enacted without going through proper legal and administrative procedures, including public notice and comment periods.
34% : In court briefs and in news conferences in New Orleans and South Carolina on Wednesday, DACA supporters pressed the argument that ending DACA would have devastating consequences for immigrants who have only known the United States as their home.

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