DACA Restored by Judge’s Order, Reopening Dreamers Program

  • Trump administration ordered to start taking new applications
  • Judge also orders government to file reports on restart

Demonstrators hold signs during a rally supporting DACA outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 12, 2019. 

Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg
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The Trump Administration must fully restore the so-called Dreamers program that protects undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, a federal judge ruled Friday, opening the door to new applicants for the first time since 2017.

U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis directed the Department of Homeland Security to post a public notice by Monday that it will accept petitions from new applicants for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.