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Tag: deferred action

Immigration

Joe Biden To Pause Border Wall Construction, Issue Protections For DACA Recipients And Roll Back Other Trump Immigration Policies

Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune

Posted on January 20, 2021 · The incoming president also plans to send a comprehensive immigration reform plan to Congress after he takes office.

Tags border wall daca deferred action Donald Trump Joe Biden rollbacks

Immigration

Judge Orders Trump Administration To Restore DACA As It Existed Under Obama

Vanessa Romo, NPR

Posted on December 6, 2020 · Federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis instructed the Department of Homeland Security to begin accepting new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program as soon as Monday.

Tags daca deferred action Donald Trump dream act dreamers

Immigration

Trump Administration Won’t Accept New DACA Applications

ZEKE MILLER, AP / Jill Colvin, Associated Press

Posted on July 28, 2020 · The Trump administration says it will deny new applications for so-called “Dreamer” immigrants and limit renewals to one year instead of two.

Tags daca deferred action Donald Trump dreamers U.S. Supreme Court white house

Texas Organizing Project's Alain Cisneros (right) tells workshop participants about the deferred action programs, which are commonly known by the acronyms DACA and DAPA and would temporarily stop the potential deportation of undocumented immigrants who meet certain criteria established by the federal government.

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Houston Workshops Help Undocumented Immigrants Get Ready For DACA and DAPA

Alvaro 'Al' Ortiz

Posted on February 15, 2016 · The Texas Organizing Project is behind the initiative, hoping that the U.S. Supreme Court will uphold the deferred action programs.

Tags daca DAPA deferred action greg abbott houston obama texas texas organizing project

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Politics

Supreme Court Will Review Texas’ Challenge To DACA And DAPA

Alvaro 'Al' Ortiz

Posted on January 20, 2016 · A key point will be whether the President exceeded his executive power and the justices will also evaluate if the deferred action programs violate a clause of the Constitution.

Tags daca DAPA deferred action Department of Justice scotus texas

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Politics

Houston Activists Weigh In On Judicial Decision Against DACA And DAPA

Alvaro 'Al' Ortiz

Posted on November 16, 2015 · Some immigration advocates say the two programs should not be litigated in the courts and vow to keep fighting to have them implemented.

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Lisa Rosborough

Posted on July 22, 2022 · Today, we talk with experts and the general public about what they think of the information discovered and presented at day eight of the Jan. 6 hearings.

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Abbott orders state guard units and DPS officers to return migrants to border with Mexico

Julián Aguilar, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on July 8, 2022 · In an executive order authorizing the enforcement Abbott said the move was due to President Biden’s lack of desire to secure the border.

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Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as first Black woman on the Supreme Court

Ximena Bustillo, NPR

Posted on June 30, 2022 · Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden's first Supreme Court pick, has been sworn in as the 116th justice. She is the first Black woman to serve on the nation's high court.

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The U.S. Supreme Court rules Biden administration can end ‘Remain in Mexico’ immigration policy

Julián Aguilar, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on June 30, 2022 · The decision is a setback for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who filed suit against the Biden administration when the White House tried to rescind the policy.

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