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Justices reject end to protections for young immigrants

June 18, 2020 Comments Off on Justices reject end to protections for young immigrants

The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, early Monday, June 15, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to end legal protections for 650,000 young immigrants, a stunning rebuke to the president in the midst of his reelection campaign.

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Court’s conservatives seem to back Trump on immigration

November 12, 2019 Comments Off on Court’s conservatives seem to back Trump on immigration

DACA recipients and others leave the Supreme Court with their hands in the air after oral arguments were heard in the case of President Trump's decision to end the Obama-era, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, at the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

The Supreme Court's conservative majority seems prepared to allow the Trump administration to end a program that allows some immigrants to work legally in the United States and protects them from deportation.

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As ruling nears, immigrant fights for anti-deportation act

November 11, 2019 Comments Off on As ruling nears, immigrant fights for anti-deportation act

Luz Aurora Vidal and her son, Martín Batalla Vidal, line up to take a bus to Washington, Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, in New York. Martin Batalia Vidal is a lead plaintiff in one of the cases to preserve the Obama-era program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and has seen his name splashed in legal documents since 2016, when he first sued in New York. His case will be heard at the Supreme Court beginning Tuesday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

NEW YORK — A Mexican immigrant fighting President Donald Trump’s attempt to end a program shielding young immigrants from deportation says he is nervous about the case finally being heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. Martín Batalla Vidal is a ...

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Supreme Court to weigh move to end program for young immigrants

November 5, 2019 Comments Off on Supreme Court to weigh move to end program for young immigrants

The Supreme Court is seen under stormy skies in Washington, Thursday, June 20, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is due to hear arguments next week over the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s decision to terminate a program that protects young, undocumented immigrants from deportation. Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers, 165 educational institutions (including ...

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Dueling federal cases could decide fate of ‘Dreamers’

August 20, 2018 Comments Off on Dueling federal cases could decide fate of ‘Dreamers’

United We Dream youths and allies snap their fingers to show support to other Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program recipients speaking to the media after a court hearing last week in Houston in a lawsuit filed by states challenging DACA program, which they say is unconstitutional because it rewrote federal law over Congress’ objections. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Nearly a year after the Trump administration tried to kill an Obama-era program shielding young undocumented immigrants from deportation, dueling lawsuits will probably determine the fate of hundreds of thousands of people who were brought to the country as children.

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Taking on the system: ‘Dreamers’ are getting law degrees

May 29, 2018 Comments Off on Taking on the system: ‘Dreamers’ are getting law degrees

Denia Perez, a student at Quinnipiac University School of Law, earlier this month. Connecticut's Judicial Branch is in the process of changing its rules to allow law students who don't have legal residency in the U.S to become practicing lawyers in the state. Perez,, who was brought illegally to the United States from Mexico when she was 11 months old and who graduated this month, proposed the change. (Lauren Takores/Record-journal via AP)

The first beneficiaries of the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals program have now had just enough time to graduate from high school, get a bachelor's degree and now, in some cases, a law degree.

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Supreme Court declines to decide fate of ‘Dreamers’ just yet

February 26, 2018 Comments Off on Supreme Court declines to decide fate of ‘Dreamers’ just yet

To achieve a Republican takeover of federal appellate courts, President Donald Trump will have to wait for Democrat-appointed judges to retire or die. Of 164 active appeals judges, 22 are older than 75. (Carolyn Kaster/AP file photo)

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Trump administration’s highly unusual bid to bypass a federals appeals court and get the justices to intervene in the fate of a program that protects hundreds of thousands of young immigrants ...

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Hogan says Congress must act on immigration program

September 8, 2017 Comments Off on Hogan says Congress must act on immigration program

Gov. Larry Hogan (The Daily Record / Bryan P. Sears)

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan says Congress needs to act on immigration reform in light of President Donald Trump’s plan to phase out a program protecting hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation. The Baltimore Sun reports the Republican governor gave his ...

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Trump, McConnell agree on filling federal bench

September 5, 2017 Comments Off on Trump, McConnell agree on filling federal bench

In this Feb. 9, 2016 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Welcome to Tuesday, the 42nd anniversary of Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme’s attempted assassination of President Gerald Ford. Here are some news items to get the holiday-shortened week started. — Trump and McConnell find common cause on confirming judges. — “Make America ...

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