US govt ordered to reinstate protections for ‘Dreamers’

In a rebuke to President Donald Trump's administration, a judge on Friday ordered the US government to reopen to first-time applicants a program that protects from deportation and grants work permits to hundreds of thousands of immigrants who live in the United States unlawfully after arriving as children. The action by US District Judge Nicholas Garaufis in Brooklyn centered on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program created by Trump's Democratic predecessor Barack Obama in 2012. The Supreme Court in June blocked Trump's 2017 bid to end DACA. His administration, however, continued its policy of not accepting new applications for the program. Democratic President-elect Joe Biden, who takes office on Jan. 20, has said he plans to revitalize DACA. 

Source: Reuters

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