ICE Asking Courts To Begin Deportation Proceedings On DACA Recipients As Order Expires

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is reportedly filing new claims with the immigration courts seeking to begin deportation proceedings against several people who fall under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA, on the assumption that DACA will be allowed to expire without Congressional action.

The Chicago Tribune’s media wire reports that ICE is “asking immigration courts to deport some young adult immigrants who have remained in the U.S. under a program known as DACA,” even though the program is still under active litigation and both sides have petitioned the United States Supreme Court to hear appeals related to the executive order, signed by former President Barack Obama and discontinued by President Donald Trump.