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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
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Immigration Blog
Supreme Court’s Decision on Future of DACA and DAPA
Supreme Court argument has taken place in United States v. Texas, a high-stakes, hotly contested case on the Administration’s executive programs that deferred possible deportation of millions of undocumented individuals.…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Oral Arguments in United States v. Texas
Tomorrow, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in United States v. Texas, a lawsuit about the legality of some of President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration. The…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit Finds Arizona’s Denial of Drivers Licenses to DACA Recipients Unconstitutional
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn its opinion in Arizona Dream Act Coalition v. Brewer, the Ninth Circuit has found unconstitutional an Executive Order…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Ninth Circuit Holds that Arizona Cannot Deny Driver’s License to DACA Recipients
Judge Harry PregersonIn Arizona Dream Act Coalition v. Brewer, the U.S. Court of Appeals in an opinion by Judge Harry Pregerson, and joined by Judges Marsha Berzon and Morgan Christen,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
DAPA and DACA Immigrants Have a Positive Role in the America’s Economy
Guest blogger: Lizett Rodriguez, second-year law student, University of San Francisco:What would be the benefits of the implementation of the new DAPA and DACA expansion immigration programs?According to the Department…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Study Finds DAPA and DACA Populations Part of American Society
A new paper released today by the Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS) offers a statistical portrait of the potential beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and…
ImmigrationProf Blog
DACA at Year Three: Challenges and Opportunities in Accessing Higher Education and Employment
The American Immigration Council and the National UnDACAmented Research Project (NURP) release DACA at Year Three: Challenges and Opportunities in Accessing Higher Education and Employment, by Roberto G. Gonzales, Ph.D.,…
Education Law Prof Blog
Georgia Rejects In-state Tuition for Deferred Action Immigrants
By Derek Black
The Georgia Supreme Court in Olvera v. Univ. Sys. of Georgia's Bd. of Regents, No. S15G1130, 2016 WL 369382, at *2 (Ga. Feb. 1, 2016), rejected a challenge to the state…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Dreamers and the Presidential Campaigns
The New York Times reported earlier this week on the role of certain Dreamer activists in the campaigns of the Democratic nominees. Erika Andiola and Cesar Vargas (who was sworn…
ImmigrationProf Blog
DACA Recipient to Be Sworn Into NY Bar
Last summer, ImmigrationProf reported that Cesar Adrian Vargas, a DACA recipient found by a New York court to be eligible for a bar license, hit a snag in his admission. His arrest at…