DACA Program Faces New Legal Challenge in Federal Appeals Court

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which protects hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, is once again under legal scrutiny as a federal appeals court deliberates its future. Oral arguments were heard today in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in a case brought by Texas and several other states seeking to end the program. This marks the second time in two years that the court has weighed the legality of DACA, which has been the subject of ongoing legal battles since its inception in 2012.