The Latest: The Supreme Court Rules on DACA

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🗓️ 18 June 2020

⏱️ 8 minutes

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In a 5-to-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that President Trump may not shut down Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, the program that shields immigrants brought to the United States as children from deportation. But is this the end of challenges to DACA? “The Latest,” from the team behind “The Daily,” brings you the most important developments on today’s biggest news stories. Host: Adam Liptak, who covers the Supreme Court for The Times. Background reading:This is the reasoning Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. gave for reversing the Trump administration decision.For thousands of “Dreamers,” as DACA recipients are known, following the ups and downs of the program’s fate has been a wild ride. Here’s why it’s not over yet.

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0:00.0	Major news tonight, President Trump ending the DACA program, saying Congress must now
0:05.5	decide the fate of the so-called dreamers.
0:07.8	800,000 young undocumented immigrants brought here by their parents.
0:12.2	Turning now to the courts, this week a federal judge in Washington, D.C. ruled against
0:18.7	the Trump administration on DACA.
0:20.4	The ruling means the case will now go to the U.S. Supreme Court, which could decide to
0:24.5	affirm or overrule the decision.
0:26.9	But justices right now are hearing arguments on President Trump's decision to end DACA
0:32.0	protection.
0:33.0	The fate of those 700,000 people under that program now remain in limbo.
0:37.0	I was born in Ecuador, but I made my life here.
0:41.9	I've overcome so much to be where I'm standing at today.
0:45.1	We will not rest until we stop hearing these awful stories of our kids being removed,
0:51.1	of our parents being taken away.
0:56.7	We're coming on the air because there's a major decision out of the United States Supreme
1:00.0	Court concerning the dreamers.
1:06.8	It's Adam Liptec.
1:07.8	I cover the Supreme Court for the New York Times.
1:10.6	So for months now, we've been waiting on the Supreme Court to weigh in on one of the most
1:15.0	significant cases we've seen in years, the fate of DACA.
1:18.5	Good afternoon, everybody.
1:21.3	This morning Secretary Nipal O'Connell announced new actions.
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