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Created in 2012, the DACA program allows so called Dreamers undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as children to work legally for a renewable two year period, during which they are protected from deportation. Nearly 800,000 people have been approved for the program since then.

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« It’s unfortunate that we have to be on the defensive, when support for DACA is very strong, » Karla Prez, an organizer with United We Dream who is also enrolled in DACA. »DACA is that shining ray of light that we have right now. We have to take this opportunity to save it. It’s good for everyone. »

United We Dream and other organizations have scheduled protests in several cities to mark the anniversary.

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Paxton is responsible for torpedoing a more expansive version of deferred action that Obama tried to implement in 2014. citizen canada goose coats on sale or legal resident children from deportation and allowed them to work legally. as children.

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Paxton hopes to tack on his DACA canadian goose jacket challenge to the same lawsuit that stymied DAPA. The case is still pending before Hanen, despite the fact that the Trump administration formally nixed DAPA in June.

That strategy of amending the complaint in the DAPA case could favor Texas.

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canada goose uk black friday It’s not yet clear whether Paxton will draw the judge he’s hoping for. The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) filed a motion last month to dismiss the case, since the DAPA program no longer exists. If the case is dismissed, that raises the possibility that the legal challenge to DACA will fall before another, perhaps less conservative judge. canada goose uk black friday

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Other factors may augur well for DACA supporters.

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cheap canada goose uk « The issue of standing canada goose outlet is going to have to be resolved, » Saenz told HuffPost. « And I think that Texas is going to have a really hard time showing they have an injury, at least an injury that’s not completely overwhelmed by the benefits of DACA to the Canada Goose online state. And they’re going to be asked, ‘Well, why did you wait five years?' » cheap canada goose uk

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Supporters of the program also point to clear economic benefits. Some 95 canada goose clearance percent of DACA recipients are either employed or enrolled in school, according to a study by the liberal leaning Center of American Progress published last year.

If canada goose clearance sale DACA does face a legal challenge, the Trump administration could decline to defend it. Sessions has called the program unconstitutional for years, and the Department of Justice has not yet said whether it would defend the federal government’s own policy in court. Trump said in July that the decision is ultimately up to him but did not indicate which way he would decide.

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cheap Canada Goose The political stalemate leaves DACA recipients like Prez unsure about the program’s future. Still, she remains hopeful that the same political movement led by undocumented youth buy canada goose jacket cheap that spurred the creation of the program five years ago can play a key role in keeping it alive. cheap Canada Goose

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