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Immigration

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

Julián Aguilar, The Texas Newsroom

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Reaction to Paxton acquittal (Sept. 18, 2023)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on September 18, 2023 · On Monday's show: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s expected back at work today after the Texas Senate acquitted him on all impeachment charges over the weekend.  We get some reaction and takeaways from the impeachment trial.

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Federal court rules revised DACA program also illegal, many question what’s next for Dreamers

Rebecca Noel

Posted on September 14, 2023 · Despite its ruling, the court declined to order an end to the program and the protections it offers current recipients within two years, saying the federal government is not required to take any actions against DACA recipients.

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Immigration

Federal judge again declares that DACA is illegal

Juan A. Lozano, AP

Posted on September 14, 2023 · Andrew Hanen, a federal judge in Houston, has agreed with Texas and eight other states suing to stop the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program.

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Political Roundup: Impeachments all around

Joshua Zinn / Craig Cohen

Posted on September 13, 2023 · While the Paxton trial continues in the Texas Senate, the U.S. House begins an impeachment inquiry into President Biden.

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