(NPR) Judge Rules Acting DHS Secretary Lacked Authority To Suspend DACA Program

Judge Rules Acting DHS Secretary Lacked Authority To Suspend DACA Program








Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of homeland security, is pictured on Sept. 23. A federal judge said he was not authorized to issue a July memo limiting the restrictions of DACA recipients.



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Judge Rules Acting DHS Secretary Lacked Authority To Suspend DACA Program






It's the latest court ruling against the Trump administration's attempts to terminate the Obama-era program that protects young immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children.