Supreme Court snubs Trump, keeps DACA in place for now

Kaiser-Kun · Feb 26, 2018

A bit of good news.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court refused Monday to review a federal judge's order that the Trump administration continue a program protecting undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children.The denial leaves in place the popular DACA program, which has protected some 690,000 undocumented immigrants from deportation and enabled them to get work permits.

The program had faced a March 5 deadline for congressional action set by Trump last summer. Two federal courts have ruled the administration's action was illegal. The justices could have agreed to hear the case this spring, leapfrogging a federal appeals court based in California that has been sympathetic to the cause of immigrants. They also could have overruled federal District Judge William Alsup without a hearing.

Instead, they simply allowed the case to run its normal course through the appeals court, which it asked to "proceed expeditiously." The case still could come to the high court in the future.

The action represents a temporary victory for the young adults brought to the U.S. illegally by their parents or guardians under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program established by President Barack Obama in 2012. And it represents a major setback for the Trump administration, which vowed to continue the legal battle in the lower courts.

"We will continue to defend DHS’ lawful authority to wind down DACA in an orderly manner," Department of Justice spokesman Devin O'Malley said in a statement Monday.

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This is only a temporary victory, but damn if the headline doesn't look good.

ElaineA · Feb 26, 2018

It's good news for those already in the program, and that's mega-important for buying time. But the lower courts ruled the Administration does not have to accept new applications, which is unfortunate. I do worry that by the time this winds its way back through the courts it's going to have far more Trump-appointed judges taking a look. Unqualified, many of them. Unrelentingly nativist, most of them.

Brightdreamer · Feb 26, 2018

ElaineA said:
It's good news for those already in the program, and that's mega-important for buying time. But the lower courts ruled the Administration does not have to accept new applications, which is unfortunate. I do worry that by the time this winds its way back through the courts it's going to have far more Trump-appointed judges taking a look. Unqualified, many of them. Unrelentingly nativist, most of them.

+1

The long-term judicial damage from this regime might be what ultimately drags us down, if we survive the regime proper. (But, then, I've never understood the whole lifetime appointments thing. Everyone, even the dog catcher, needs evaluation now and again...)

Still, at least this slows things down a bit, though I expect they'll come up with a sneak-attack undermine again.

nighttimer · Feb 27, 2018

It's a reprieve for DACA, but this is simply the Supreme Court declining to preclude the lower courts by ruling on the issue before they do. Perhaps the Democrats and the Republicans can use this time to craft a new legislative solution Trump is actually willing to sign, but there's no reason to think they will now when they haven't before.

You're not going to get a permanent solution until there are fewer Republicans in Washington in the way.

regdog · Jun 18, 2020

With a 5-4 ruling the Supreme Court has extended the protection for DACA. Justice Roberts voted withe the liberal judges to protect Dreamers.

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Supreme Court snubs Trump, keeps DACA in place for now

Kaiser-Kun

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ElaineA

All about that action, boss.

Brightdreamer

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nighttimer

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regdog

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