Monday, November 11, 2019

The Supremes and DACA

An article at Vox looks at the Supreme Court's options in deciding on legality of the Trump Administration's attempted termination of the DACA program for undocumented minors. It concludes the court could uphold lower court challenges and give the Dreamers a narrow victory.

A second alternative would be a narrow defeat of the lower courts, allowing the administration to proceed with termination. This would put Dreamers at risk of deportation.

Finally, the third option is for the Court to find the DACA action of the Obama administration unlawful, a violation of existing law. In which case, no future president could reinstate the DACA program.

It is a good article, relatively balanced and not excessively biased. If the issue interests you, I recommend it.