DACA Decision Means 27,000 Health Care Workers Won’t Be Deported During COVID-19 Pandemic
Getty Recipients and their supporters rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court on June 18, 2020 in Washington, DC. On Thursday morning, the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, denied the Trump administration's attempt to end DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
The United States Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, introduced in 2012 during the Obama administration will be upheld after President Trump moved to end the program in 2017.
The Trump administration challenged the initiative, which “provided temporary, renewable relief from deportation” for kids brought to the U.S. by parents who did not follow the legal channels to enter the country, according to Law.
The measure would allow those children, many of who grew up in the United States, to keep their jobs and continue to apply for work permits without fear of sudden deportation.
