After the 5th Circuit Court invalidates DACA and mandates that no new applicants be accepted, Biden chastises “MAGA Republicans”

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After a federal appeals court decided that the Obama administration had illegally operated the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, President Biden retaliated by criticizing the court.

The president referred to the decision as “illegal” in a statement and urged Congress to enact long-term legal safeguards to assist the more than 600,000 immigrants already covered by DACA.

A three-judge panel from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Wednesday that the Obama administration lacks the jurisdiction to launch the DACA program. The court, however, refrained from overturning it and stated that DACA recipients could continue to enjoy legal protections.

“The Fifth Circuit’s ruling today that DACA is illegal depresses me. The court’s order grants DACA applicants a temporary reprieve, but one thing is clear: the lives of Dreamers are still in jeopardy “stated Biden.

FEDERAL APPEALS COURT RULES DACA PROGRAM OF OBAMA ERA UNLAWFUL, BUT SAYS 600,000 CURRENTLY IN US CAN STAY

President Biden in the State Dining Room of the White House Oct. 4, 2022 in Washington, D.C.

The president said, “Today’s decision is the consequence of ongoing efforts by Republican state authorities to revoke the protections and work authorization that many DACA participants have now held for over a decade.”

It is past due for Congress to enact long-term protections for Dreamers, including a path to citizenship, said Biden. “And while we will utilize the tools we have to allow Dreamers to live and work in the one nation they know as home,” he added.

AMID LEGAL TROUBLES, BIDEN ADMIN MOVES TO STRENGTHEN THE DACA PROGRAM OF THE OBAMA ERA

Additionally, the circuit court ordered a federal judge in Texas to evaluate the DACA program and declared that the US government could not process new DACA applicants.

According to the court’s rulings regarding the 2012 DACA Memorandum, “a district court is in the best position to evaluate the administrative record in the rulemaking proceeding and determine whether our holdings as to the 2012 DACA Memorandum completely resolve issues regarding the Final Rule.”

President Biden on the South Lawn of the White House Oct. 5, 2022 in Washington, D.C.

As many Republican-led states sued the federal government over the DACA program, Biden directly attributed the court’s ruling to “MAGA-Republican politicians.” Governors claim that the program has a negative influence on their local economies since they are required to pay for the education and healthcare of DACA recipients.

Susana Lujano, left, a dreamer from Mexico who lives in Houston, joins other activists to rally in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, also known as DACA, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on June 15, 2022.

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