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Axios Re:Cap

DACA gets decided

Axios Re:Cap

Axios

Daily News, News

4.5705 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2020

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

The Supreme Court ruled today to uphold DACA, the Obama-era program that protected nearly 650,000 unauthorized immigrants from deportation — but there are still unknowns ahead for DREAMers and their employers, because this isn’t a permanent solution to their immigration status. Dan is joined by Jeff Davidson, a lawyer who argued this case before the Ninth Circuit.

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Dan Premack and welcome to Axios Recap, presented by Facebook.

0:06.8

Today's Thursday, June 18th.

0:08.9

Oil prices are up, Hertz's reputation is down, maybe except among Robin Hood traders, and we're

0:13.9

focused on what happens next for Dreamers.

0:20.4

So earlier today, the Supreme Court ruled five to four that the Trump administration

0:24.6

violated federal law when it ended DACA, the Obama-era program that protected nearly 650,000

0:31.3

unauthorized immigrants from deportation.

0:33.7

Chief Justice John Roberts, who had been appointed by George W. Bush, was the deciding vote and wrote the majority opinion.

0:39.9

Three things to know. First, DACA specifically applied to people brought to the U.S. before they were 16 years old.

0:46.6

It lets them become eligible for work permits but does not give them a path to citizenship.

0:51.2

Two, top industries for immigrants eligible for DACA include hospitals,

0:55.6

food services, and grocery stores, or, as they are known in 2020, essential services. Three,

1:02.2

the Supreme Court decision does not take a position on the actual policy of DACA. It basically

1:07.4

argues that the Trump administration used an illegal process to end it.

1:11.1

Now, here's one thing we don't know.

1:13.2

What happens next?

1:14.4

Does the White House try again, but legally this time?

1:17.6

Does it propose a permanent fix for Dreamers, which it had said it wanted to do, but couldn't

1:22.4

until this case was resolved?

1:24.1

Or does all of that depend on if Trump is reelected?

1:27.1

And in the absence of answers to any of that depend on if Trump is reelected? And in the absence of answers

1:28.8

to any of that, how do dreamers and their employers proceed? For answers on that, we will go deeper

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