A bill recently approved by the Virginia state Senate would allow beneficiaries of the controversial Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Act (DACA) to become eligible for jobs in law enforcement. The bill, known as SB69, was introduced by Democratic state Sen. Jeremy McPike last month. The proposed bill has raised serious concerns among its opponents. […]
A federal judge just ruled Wednesday for the second time that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is illegal. DACA allows illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children to be protected from deportation. This ruling would not affect current DACA applicants, but would affect future DACA applicants from being accepted. To […]
President Joe Biden and the White House have reacted to the impeachment inquiry launched by House Republicans. And the House Oversight Committee was swift in pushing back on the administration’s response. The DACA program has been ruled unlawful. What happens now to the hundreds of thousands of children of illegal immigrants enrolled in it? NTD […]
A federal judge in Texas on Wednesday declared the revised version of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program illegal. U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen’s ruling reiterated that the Obama-era federal policy is unlawful and should have come from Congress. DACA provides hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants brought to the United States as […]
Illegal immigrants residing in Illinois could soon be entrusted to enforce the state’s laws after Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law allowing noncitizens to become police officers. On Friday, Mr. Pritzker signed HB 3751 into law. The bill, which goes into effect immediately, allows illegal immigrants who are residing in the […]
A group of 16 Republican lawmakers in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives is urging the Biden administration not to expend taxpayer funding providing healthcare for illegal immigrants under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and Rep. Josh Brecheen (R-Okla.) organized a letter (pdf) to Health and Human […]
Democrats and Republicans are stepping behind a bill to provide a pathway to citizenship for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. NTD heard from both sides of the political spectrum. A sense of compromise is in the air, with some Democrats expressing the need for border solutions, and some Republicans expressing the need for […]
The man arrested for allegedly leaking top-secret military documents appeared in court for the first time Friday. A former FBI whistleblower joins us to weigh in. The Supreme Court acts on abortion. How does the Biden administration ask the high court to intervene, as lower courts curb access to an abortion pill in question? The […]
President Joe Biden has announced plans to expand health coverage for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program recipients, according to the administration’s announcement on April 13. The Department of Health and Human Services will propose a rule amending the definition of “lawful presence”—for purposes of Medicaid and Affordable Care Act coverage—to include DACA recipients, allowing them […]
The FBI has arrested a 21-year-old Air National Guardsman suspected of leaking classified documents on the internet. What do we know so far about his motives, and what’s next in the criminal investigation? The Biden administration seeks to expand federal health care coverage for DACA recipients—illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children. […]
The top priority for Democrats—passing legislation to solidify the DACA program—is deferred action for childhood arrivals. The program protects hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants who arrived to the U.S. before 2007 and were under the age of 16.
A judge rules DACA is illegal. DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, is the Obama-era program that shields certain illegal immigrants from deportation. What does this ruling mean for the current recipients and the future of the program? President Joe Biden addresses workers at an IBM plant in New York. What does he say about […]
A federal appeals court rules DACA illegal. But the story doesn’t end there. Find out why it’s now going back to a lower court for review.
A missing California family with a baby girl found dead. A suspect in custody after surveillance footage shows the moment they were kidnapped.
The Ukrainian counter-offensive rolls on as they liberate three new settlements. Meanwhile, Putin wants action on a nuclear power station caught in the cross fire.
A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which shields certain immigrants who came to the United States illegally as children from deportation, is illegal. The ruling by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday (pdf) affirms a decision in July 2021 by a Texas federal judge—U.S. District Judge Andrew […]
The Biden administration on Aug. 24 finalized a rule to preserve and fortify the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which shields certain immigrants who came to the United States illegally as children from deportation. “Today, we are taking another step to do everything in our powea to preserve and fortify DACA, an extraordinary […]
An Obama-era US immigration law is being examined in federal court. The legality of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) is in question. The Biden administration is trying to resume the program after a Texas federal court declared it illegal and paused new applicants from joining the program.
The Biden administration is working to resume the Obama-era DACA immigration law. It grants protected status to people who entered the United States illegally as children. A Texas court recently deemed this illegal, but now the White House is appealing that ruling. Immigration experts have gathered in Washington to discuss this and more. With politics […]
The Biden administration is taking action to reinstate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. On Monday, the Department of Homeland Security announced a new rule that aims to continue accepting DACA applicants after new applications were blocked under a federal court ruling over the summer.
President Joe Biden is supporting Democrats who want to include immigration measures in the $3.5 trillion infrastructure bill, after a federal judge ruled against the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, blocking new applications.
