California Picks Up Fight Over DACA Restrictions Again

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The Trump administration implemented new restrictions on DACA applicants following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling ordering DHS to revert to the original guidelines set by President Barack Obama in 2012.





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Under the terms of the new memorandum, the department is no longer processing new DACA applications, only renewals, and reducing the renewal period for current recipients from two years to one year, which doubles the fees necessary to maintain DACA status.

«Rather than accept the outcome of the litigation, wrote Becerra on Tuesday, «[Acting DHS Secretary Chad] Wolf issued a memorandum … directing DHS to make immediate interim changes to DACA while he ostensibly evaluates the future of the program.

Roughly 640,000 immigrants currently hold DACA status.

Although the Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration efforts to wind down the program last month, it did not rule on its underlying legality.

• California Attorney General Xavier Becerra


• daca


• deferred action for childhood arrivals


• CAlifornia


• Department of Homeland Security


• DHS