Judge orders full restoration of DACA immigration program in latest upset to key Trump policy

US government has three

The US government has three days to fully reopen the Obama-era scheme granting protection to illegal immigrants who came to the US as kids, a federal judge has ruled. Scrapping DACA was a key goal for the Trump administration.

In a Friday ruling, Judge Nicholas Garaufis of the US District Court in Brooklyn ordered that, by Monday, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must post a public notice that it will accept new petitions under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) scheme. No bids have been accepted since 2017, when the Trump administration attempted to phase out the 2012 program.

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