What Will the Dreamers Do Now?
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to allow DACA recipients to renew their protected status. But enrollees are hesitant about what will come of the ruling.
On Tuesday night, a federal judge partially revived the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program—which shields immigrants who came to the United States as minors from deportation and allows them to work legally in the country—arguing that the “plaintiffs have shown a likelihood of success on their claim that the rescission was arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or not otherwise in accordance with law.”
The court order requires the Trump administration to resume accepting applications from DACA enrollees who want to renew their protected status, but it doesn’t require the administration to take
