Texas, 6 other US states suing to end `Dreamers` program |
Texas and six other states are suing to end once and for all a program that would protect some young immigrants from deportation. The lawsuit announced comes a week after a federal judge in Washington ordered the Trump administration to resume the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Immigrants under the Obama-era program are commonly referred to as "Dreamers." Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had threatened legal action for the past year if the program didn`t come to a halt. Joining Texas in the lawsuit are Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Carolina and West Virginia. A federal judge in Washington called the Department of Homeland Security`s rationale against the program "arbitrary and capricious." He gave the Trump administration 90 days to make a new case. While the government has 90 days to restate its arguments before the order takes effect, presidential press secretary Sarah Huckabee characterized the ruling as "good news" for smuggling organizations and criminal networks and "horrible news for our national security."
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