President Joe Biden said Saturday that the Department of Justice would appeal a federal judge in Texas' ruling that said that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) was illegal, according to NBC News. Biden said U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen's decision was 'deeply disappointing' and that striking down DACA 'relegates hundreds of thousands of young immigrants to an uncertain future.' Under the Obama-era program, recipients, also known as 'Dreamers,' were allowed to stay in the United States after being brought into the country illegally as a child. DACA has allowed almost 800,000 people to stay in the country and […]
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