Third judge rules against Trump move to end DACA

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Source: Politico




Third judge rules against Trump move to end DACA

By JOSH GERSTEIN

04/24/2018 07:55 PM EDT Updated 04/24/2018 08:09 PM EDT

A third federal judge has rejected the Trump administration’s justification for winding down the program protecting immigrants who came to the U.S. illegally as children.

U.S. District Court Judge John Bates said on Tuesday that the Department of Homeland Security’s legal explanation for the decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, was too flimsy and, ultimately, unpersuasive.

“DACA’s rescission was arbitrary and capricious because the Department failed adequately to explain its conclusion that the program was unlawful,” Bates wrote in his 60-page opinion, released on Tuesday evening. “Neither the meager legal reasoning nor the assessment of litigation risk provided by DHS to support its rescission decision is sufficient to sustain termination of the DACA program.”


Bates, who was appointed by President George W. Bush, is the first Republican appointee to rule against President Donald Trump’s move to wind down DACA. ..................................
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Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/24/third-judge-rules-against-trump-daca-550092

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Oh, poor Donnie. I bet it hurt his feeling (singular) again

[Judi Lynn]

1. So good! Thank you, riversedge. n/t

[ailsagirl]

2. Yay!!!

[Ohiogal]

3. Sweet!

[Grassy Knoll]

4. Awww, His Poor Widdle Racist Clan...

[Jazzgirl]

5. Isn't ICE still deporting people

even though drumpfs administration has been told its illegal? They're doing whatever anyway. It doesn't matter if it's illegal or not.

[mountain grammy]

7. Yes, youre right

He’s doing it anyway.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. What a maroon

Trump can't figure out why

[truthisfreedom]

8. Flimsy Donny

[DesertRat]

9. k&r!

[BobTheSubgenius]

10. It's good to know that a Republican appointee is more steadfast when it comes to the law...

...than The Party.

[riversedge]

11. Trump has 90 days to come up with better reason to end DACA....

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-federal-daca-order-20180424-story.html

....In his decision, Bates said the Trump administration's decision to phase out the program starting in March "was arbitrary and capricious because the department failed adequately to explain its conclusion that the program was unlawful."

If the government does not come up with a better explanation within 90 days, he said, the administration's order to rescind DACA will be vacated and the Department of Homeland Security "must accept and process new as well as renewal DACA applications."