A federal judge in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/texas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Texas</a> ruled against the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/deferred-action-for-childhood-arrivals-daca" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DACA</a>) program on Wednesday, saying that the policy, which prevents people who were brought illegally into the U.S. as children from being deported, was unconstitutional. 
In his <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txsd.1501682/gov.uscourts.txsd.1501682.728.0_3.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">40-page opinion</a> for the Southern District of Texas, federal Judge Andrew Hanen ruled that the executive branch cannot “usurp&#8221; congressional authority. More than half a million illegal immigrants have been shielded from deportation because of the Obama-era rule, which was later adopted and amended by the Biden administration. 
“While sympathetic to the predicament of DACA recipients and their families, this court has expressed concerns about the legality of the program for some time. The solution for these deficiencies lies with the legislature, not the executive or judicial branches. Congress, for any number of reasons, decided not to pass DACA-like legislation,” Hanen wrote.
“Congress’ alleged failure to pass, or, stated differently, its decision not to enact legislation, does not empower the Executive Branch to ‘legislate’ on its own — especially when that ‘legislation’ is contrary to actual existing legislation. The Executive Branch cannot usurp the power bestowed on Congress — even to fill a void,” the judge added. 
Hanen’s ruling came after nine states, including Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Carolina, West Virginia, Kansas, and Mississippi, sued to stop DACA, saying that it was unlawfully implemented by both the Obama and Biden administrations. When announcing the complaint in December, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton <a href="https://texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/paxton-leads-coalition-defeat-daca-after-biden-administration-attempts-salvage-illegal-immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that the Biden administration was attempting to implement “mass amnesty” through executive authority. 
The federal government, New Jersey, and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) have argued for DACA. 
The court order adds that the decision does not require the Department of Homeland Security or the Justice Department to “take any immigration, deportation, or criminal action against any DACA recipient, applicant, or any other individual that would otherwise not be taken.”
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The fate of DACA will likely be determined by the Supreme Court, which <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/federal-judge-declares-daca-illegal-again-issue-likely-to-be-decided-by-supreme-court#:~:text=In%202016%2C%20the%20Supreme%20Court,it%20to%20stay%20in%20place." target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously ruled</a> 5-4 in 2020 that the Trump administration could not end the program. 
The Biden administration said it was disappointed by the decision, adding that it would push Congress to pass DACA-style legislation. 
“During this Administration, hundreds of thousands of DACA recipients have been able to live and work lawfully in our country without fear of deportation,” a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/09/13/statement-from-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-on-district-courts-ruling-on-daca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> from the White House said. “We are committed to protecting all the Dreamers who have throughout their lives enriched our communities and our country, and we continue to call on Congress to provide permanent protection to the hundreds of thousands of Dreamers in the United States.”

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Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/j-b-pritzker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">J.B. Pritzker</a> (D-IL)  signed a bill on Friday that will allow foreign nationals in the state to become police officers. 
The bill, which was opposed by some police groups, including the Fraternal Order of Police, was one of 130 bills Pritzker <a href="https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_de81cd74-2d90-11ee-a038-8341950255f1.html#:~:text=(The%20Center%20Square)%20–%20More,the%20state%27s%20criminal%20justice%20system." target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed</a> on Friday. Effective immediately, foreign nationals will now be able to become police officers in the state. 
The law, HB3751, <a href="https://legiscan.com/IL/text/HB3751/2023" target="_blank" rel="noopener">says</a> that foreign nationals who “are legally authorized under federal law to work in the United States” or any foreign national who “is an individual against whom immigration action has been deferred by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services under the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) process” can apply to become a police officer in the state. 
The Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) condemned the bill earlier this year after it passed in the state House. 
“What message does this legislation send when it allows people who do not have legal status to become the enforcers of our laws?&#8221; the group said in a <a href="https://newschannel20.com/news/local/illinois-bill-would-allow-noncitizens-to-become-police#:~:text=(KHQA)%20%E2%80%94%20A%20bill%20sent,officer%20or%20a%20sheriff%27s%20deputy." target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>. &#8220;This is a potential crisis of confidence in law enforcement at a time when our officers need all the public confidence they can get.”
During debate on the bill, Illinois state Sen. Chapin Rose (R) said it would be a “fundamental breach” of democracy to allow non-citizens to arrest American citizens. 
“It’s just a fundamentally bad idea,” Rose <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQbE9-TUxas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in May. “I don’t care where this individual is from. Australia — they should not be able to arrest a United States citizen on United States soil.” 
Illinois has been facing <a href="https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/officer-shortage-a-cause-of-concern-for-interim-cpd-boss-amid-crime-spike/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shortages</a> of police officers as the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illinois-criminal-justice-system-reform-law-criticized-by-police" target="_blank" rel="noopener">state</a> and major metro areas like Chicago have pursued policies largely opposed by police. 
Pritzker signed several other controversial bills, <a href="https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/thecentersquare.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/64/064fae82-2d8e-11ee-84be-a7d54698ff85/64c433a8647a6.pdf.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">including</a> one requiring state agencies to add “non-binary” or “gender non-conforming” categories to employment reports.
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Another bill <a href="https://newschannel20.com/news/local/pritzker-signs-law-to-stop-deceptive-practices-at-crisis-pregnancy-centers-sparks-pro-life-backlash" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed</a> this week targets crisis pregnancy centers. The law will now allow Illinois’ attorney general to investigate a case of alleged consumer fraud against crisis pregnancy centers accused of deceptive practices. The law is largely taking aim at pro-life centers that suggest <a href="https://www.liveaction.org/news/research-really-shows-abortions-physical-risks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an association</a> between abortion and breast cancer or infertility. 
Right to Life Executive Director Mary Kate Zander said that the measure was “politically motivated” and “totally unsubstantiated.”
The Thomas More Society, a conservative law firm that fights in defense of religious liberty and free speech, filed a suit against the law on Thursday. 
“This law is a blatant attempt to chill and silence pro-life speech under the guise of ‘consumer protection,’” <a href="https://www.thomasmoresociety.org/news/pro-life-pregnancy-help-ministries-sue-illinois-attorney-general-over-sb-1909" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Peter Breen, Thomas More Society executive vice president and head of litigation. “Pregnancy help ministries provide real options and assistance to women and families in need, but instead of the praise they deserve, pro-abortion politicians are targeting these ministries with $50,000 fines and injunctions solely because of their pro-life viewpoint.”

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Eli Lilly gave $500,000 to four different organizations that provide college scholarships to illegal immigrants in Indiana who are covered by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
The pharmaceutical company, which is based in Indianapolis, Indiana, <a href="https://investor.lilly.com/news-releases/news-release-details/lilly-provides-500000-grants-support-equitable-access-education">stated</a> that the donation seeks to “remove barriers and create more equitable, affordable post-high school education opportunities for Indiana&#8217;s growing immigrant population.”
“Lilly strongly supports the rights of immigrants, including a pathway to citizenship in the United States for Dreamers,” as well as “sensible immigration reforms that cultivate and support a diverse and skilled workforce,” the press release noted.
One of the organizations that received funding from Eli Lilly was the Indiana Undocumented Youth Alliance, whose <a href="https://www.iuya.org/">mission</a> is to “empower young immigrants to achieve higher education and engage in the community to demand more just and humane policies that affect undocumented families.”
The organization provides <a href="https://www.iuya.org/scholarship/">scholarships</a> to those who are in the United States illegally, listing undocumented status as a requirement for receiving a scholarship. Their site stipulates “The scholarship is only available to undocumented students with or without Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) or Temporary Protected Status.”
The organization also <a href="https://www.iuya.org/about-us/">seeks</a> to “influence the design of public policy at the local, state and federal levels to radically improve the status of undocumented individuals.”
Eli Lilly also provided financial support to the Indiana Latino Institute, a nonprofit organization that <a href="https://indianalatinoinstitute.org/">works</a> to “advance Latino educational attainment and workforce preparedness statewide through advocacy, leadership development, and culturally responsive programming.”
The organization <a href="https://indianalatinoinstitute.org/advocacy/">describes</a> itself as the “convener of Latino networks and organizations statewide,” which is “positioned to be the leader in all policy relevant to the issues impacting Latino communities throughout Indiana.”
The Indiana Latino Institute also has a <a href="https://indianalatinoinstitute.formstack.com/forms/ili_scholarship">scholarship program</a>, which gives preference to “Latino students residing in Indiana who are first generation college students,” though it does not require recipients to be in the country illegally.
The <a href="https://sadcoindy.org/#scholarship-open">Society and Friends of Colombia</a> also received financial support from Eli Lilly. The organization “focuses on Latino education advancement, Latino youth enrichment, serving as health resource partners, and promoting the cultural values of Latinos in Indiana.” The pharmaceutical giant also listed <a href="https://www.laplazaindy.org/scholarship-fund/">La Plaza</a>, another nonprofit organization, as a grant recipient.
Eli Lilly did not respond to a request for comment.

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Senators J.D. Vance (R-OH) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, blasting the Biden administration’s plan to allow illegal immigrants access to government-provided healthcare.
The two were joined in the letter by several other Republican Congressmen and blasted the Biden administration’s plan to expand Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Obamacare market access to illegal immigrants enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
The <a href="https://www.vance.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/DACA-Healthcare-Letter-Final.pdf">letter</a> comes months after President Biden <a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-daca-affordable-care-act-obamacare-health-5e8777aea489484c90dbcf184cad6310?utm_source=homepage&amp;utm_medium=TopNews&amp;utm_campaign=position_01">announced</a> that illegal immigrants who are enrolled in DACA would be able to access the government-funded programs.
“By providing health insurance to DACA recipients, this policy further burdens programs intended to serve U.S. citizens and simultaneously encourages more aliens to enter our country illegally in the hopes of receiving similar protection and services,” the letter from the Republican lawmakers reads. 
Another portion states “Given that more than 25 million Americans are uninsured, we find it unimaginable that the government would prioritize providing illegal aliens with health insurance coverage.”
As of 2020, it was <a href="https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-daca-recipients-are-there-united-states/">projected</a> that there were over 643,000 DACA recipients living in the United States.
The letter goes on to condemn the Biden administration’s handling of the border crisis, asserting “This approach appears to align with the open-borders agenda advanced by your colleague, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, with hundreds of thousands of aliens apprehended trying to enter our country illegally every month.”
It was also signed by 14 Congressional Republicans: Rep. Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Bob Good (R-VA), Matt Rosendale (R-MT), Eli Crane (R-AZ), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Ken Buck (R-CO), Brian Babin (R-TX), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Tom Tiffany (R-WI), Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), and Tom McClintock (R-CA).
The letter points out that President Obama <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/04/13/flashback-obama-promised-obamacare-would-not-apply-to-illegal-aliens/">promised</a> that Obamacare wouldn’t offer healthcare coverage to illegal immigrants, also noting that the DACA program was ruled <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/10/05/1127107147/an-appeals-court-rules-against-daca-but-the-program-continues-for-now">illegal</a> in October 2022 by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, though it remains in use for those who were enrolled before the court’s decision.
Meanwhile, a <a href="https://homeland.house.gov/media/2023/06/CHSPreliminaryReportFINAL.pdf">recent report</a> from Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee found illegal immigrants are putting strain on the American medical system, leaving hospitals to deal with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigration-costs-hospitals-billions-in-unpaid-bills-house-gop-report-finds">billions of dollars</a> in unpaid medical bills.

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-homeland-security" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Homeland Security</a> has officially codified the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/deferred-action-for-childhood-arrivals-daca" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals</a> (DACA) policy into federal regulation, nearly 10 years after it was established.
In a press release Wednesday, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2022/08/24/dhs-issues-regulation-preserve-and-fortify-daca" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that the department had established a final rule placing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/deferred-action-for-childhood-arrivals-daca" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DACA</a> into the federal register. The rule codifies the policies instituted by the Obama administration in a 2012 policy memorandum from then-DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano. The rule has been maintained in some form by the Obama, Trump, and Biden administrations.
“Today, we are taking another step to do everything in our power to preserve and fortify DACA, an extraordinary program that has transformed the lives of so many Dreamers,” Mayorkas said in the Department&#8217;s press release Wednesday. “Thanks to DACA, we have been enriched by young people who contribute so much to our communities and our country. Yet, we need Congress to pass legislation that provides an enduring solution for the young Dreamers who have known no country other than the United States as their own.”
“DACA has transformed the lives of its recipients and has made us better and stronger as a nation,” U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Ur M. Jaddou added. “USCIS is proud to play an important role in implementing the DACA final rule and is committed to ensuring DACA recipients can continue to remain a vital part of their communities and contribute to this country that is their home.”
The DACA regulation applies to certain eligible individuals who illegally immigrated to the U.S. when they were children, deferring their deportation and allowing them the opportunity to receive a renewable two-year work visa. The regulation maintains the existing threshold criteria to qualify for DACA, as well as the existing process for DACA recipients to seek work authorization; it also “[a]ffirms the longstanding policy that DACA is not a form of lawful status but that DACA recipients, like other deferred action recipients, are considered &#8216;lawfully present&#8217; for certain purposes.”
“Since its inception in 2012, DACA has allowed over 800,000 young people to remain in the only country many of them have ever known, with their families,” DHS said in its press release. “Across the country, DACA recipients are doctors and nurses, working to ensure the health and safety of Americans; they are teachers, striving to give back to younger generations; they are members of our military serving to protect our country; they are our neighbors, friends, and family.”
The final rule goes into effect on October 31. However, it cannot fully go into effect because of an outstanding legal challenge in the Southern District of Texas.
Judge Andrew S. Hanen issued an injunction in July 2021, arguing that the Obama administration overstepped its authority and failed to follow legal requirements in creating the policy. The judge thus ruled that DACA was unlawful, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/federal-judge-in-texas-rules-daca-unlawful-says-obama-exceeded-authority-when-creating-it" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a> reported at the time.
“D.H.S. failed to engage in the statutorily mandated process, so DACA never gained status as a legally binding policy that could impose duties or obligations,” Hanen wrote in his ruling. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held a hearing in July, and is expected to issue a ruling on the case later this year, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/immigration-daca-biden-federal-regulation-dreamers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBS News</a> reported Wednesday, adding that the Court is expected to uphold the lower court ruling.
Until the outstanding legal challenges are settled, DHS is prohibited from granting initial DACA requests and work authorizations under the final rule. But because the injunction has been stayed in part, the Department can grant DACA renewals under it.

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The Department of Justice announced last week that 26-year-old Coyoami Miguel-Ruiz had been sentenced to 28 years in prison after being found guilty of using social media to entice minors into performing sexual acts and producing pornography in exchange for money. In a statement given to The Daily Wire, Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed that Miguel-Ruiz had first come to the United States as an illegal alien in the late 1990s and was granted deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) status sometime thereafter.
In a press release last Friday, the DOJ <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdnc/pr/asheville-man-sentenced-28-years-child-pornography-charges">announced</a> that Miguel-Ruiz had been residing in Asheville, North Carolina, and had &#8220;used Snapchat and other messaging apps popular with teenagers to contact at least 15 minor females in the Asheville area for the purpose of inducing the minors to produce sexually explicit images and engage in sex acts with him in exchange for money.&#8221;
In the spring of 2020, &#8220;[Asheville Police Department] officers arrested Miguel and seized numerous electronic devices. A forensic analysis of the devices revealed that Miguel possessed dozens of videos and images of teenage girls engaging in sexually explicit conduct. Some of the videos also depicted Miguel engaging in sex acts with the minors,&#8221; the release noted. &#8220;As Miguel previously admitted in court, the defendant used the mobile payment service Cash App to pay the underage victims for the child pornography and sex acts.&#8221;
After being arrested, Miguel-Ruiz&#8217;s DACA status was terminated. DACA was created by President Barack Obama to protect children who were brought to the U.S. illegally by their parents prior to their 16th birthday from deportation.
ICE confirmed to The Daily Wire that upon completion of jail time, the federal agency will seek to begin the process of deportation:
<blockquote>&#8220;Coyoami Miguel-Ruiz, a 26-year-old undocumented migrant from Mexico, illegally entered the United States on Jan. 6, 1996, and was subsequently granted deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA). On May 12, 2020, Miguel-Ruiz was arrested on child exploitation charges and his DACA status was terminated.&#8221;
&#8220;U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) lodged a detainer on Miguel-Ruiz with the Buncombe County Jail in Asheville, North Carolina, Oct. 14, 2020, following the termination of his DACA status.&#8221;
&#8220;On Dec. 16, Miguel-Ruiz was convicted and <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdnc/pr/asheville-man-sentenced-28-years-child-pornography-charges" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdnc/pr/asheville-man-sentenced-28-years-child-pornography-charges&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1640194134582000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2n_84_5lrX8ljoI_xK-fqV">sentenced</a> for possession of child pornography and using a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of such conduct in the Western District of North Carolina. Upon his release from prison, ICE will seek to take custody of Miguel-Ruiz and place him in immigration removal proceedings.&#8221;</blockquote>
A spokesman for the APD told The Daily Wire that Miguel-Ruiz&#8217;s case represents &#8220;how serious this type of crime is and how determined our detectives are in investigating it. Simply put, pornography involving juveniles and the solicitation for such heinous behavior is something Chief [David] Zack and APD officers take very seriously. And we are also appreciative of the other agencies who assisted to bring about this outcome.&#8221;
The DOJ press release notes that if Miguel-Ruiz is &#8220;not deported or later returns&#8221; to the U.S., he be will be ordered to serve a lifetime of supervised release and to register as a sex offender.
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On Thursday, speaking to DACA recipients and Dreamers, Vice President Kamala Harris told them, “This your home. … We recognize you for the Americans that you are.” She invoked the claim that the issue of illegal immigration was about “self-determination,” adding that critics of the idea of welcoming illegal immigrants had a “limited ability to understand who you are.”
“The &#8216;dreamers&#8217; are those who were brought to the U.S. illegally by their parents when they were children. Currently there are approximately 650,000 people in the U.S. being protected by DACA,” <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9815807/This-home-Harris-hosts-DACA-recipients-Texas-federal-court-rules-program-unlawful.html">The Daily Mail</a> pointed out.
Harris began by saying, “The topic of our conversation is the topic of who are we as a country and the future of our country. … Many arrived in their home country, the United States, before they could walk or talk. Many have been living recently in these years a life of uncertainty, even though this is the only home they have ever known. And they deserve a pathway to citizenship. They deserve a pathway to citizenship. And so I want to make clear to the Dreamers who are here and those who are watching from home: This is your home. This your home. And we see you and you are not alone.”
“The president and I, needless to say, and I hope many of you saw his townhall yesterday, we are unequivocal, that we recognize you for the Americans that you are,” Harris preached. “And that we recognize that you deserve all the rights that come with American citizenship. And so we will be tireless in fighting for a pathway to citizenship.”
Harris then referred to the ruling last week byfederal judge Andrew Hanen in Texas that deemed the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) illegal and ordered the Biden administration to terminate giving new applications.
Harris continued, “Now we are having this conversation after the recent federal court ruling, but I want to make something clear: it will not immediately affect current DACA recipients. Also, it will put hundreds of thousands of young immigrants in jeopardy. … But our administration is taking action, so through the United States Department of Justice we have announced our intention to appeal the decision and that is in process. And the Department of Homeland Security has announced that it will propose a new rule concerning DACA, which is very important because it’s about the enforcement piece.”
Harris turned to the “<a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6">American Dream and Promise Act</a>,” which would “provide conditional permanent resident status for 10 years to a qualifying alien who entered the United States as a minor and (1) is deportable or inadmissible, (2) has deferred enforced departure (DED) status or temporary protected status (TPS), or (3) is the child of certain classes of nonimmigrants,” and the “<a href="https://thecounter.org/farm-workforce-modernization-act-citizenship/">Farm Workers Protection and Modernization Act</a>,” which would permit people who have done  agricultural labor or services without authorization to work in the U.S. to immediately apply for temporary legal status.
Harris stated, “We need Congress to finally create a pathway to citizenship. I spoke with Senator (Dick) Durbin last night about this very topic and we stand in solidarity on this issue, which is we will not give up in this fight.”
Then she got up on her soapbox, pontificating: “And let me make a final point: This is about what is morally right. This is a reflection of who we say we are as a country. And at it’s core I do believe this issue is also about self-determination.”
“Self-determination,” she repeated, wagging her finger in the air. “Because this is about saying we reward and should reward if we honor self-determination, the ambitions, the aspirations of our young people. This is about saying that we want to ensure that all people have the ability to determine their own future, in particular when they are living a life that is about contributing to their community.”
She mocked critics of the Biden administration’s perspective: “And also this is about saying that all people deserve to have the ability to make choices about their lives, unencumbered by other people’s limited ability to understand who you are.”
She concluded, “So these are the things that are at stake at this moment, and we will not give up and I certainly will not give up in making sure that we stand with our Dreamers and that we do everything we can to create a pathway toward citizenship.”
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In 2012, then-President Barack Obama issued an executive order that created a program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which ensured that children brought into the U.S. illegally by their parents would not be deported. They were dubbed “Dreamers.”
But federal judge Andrew S. Hanen of the U.S. District Court in Houston &#8212; a President George W. Bush appointee &#8212; on Friday ruled the executive order was unlawful and that Obama exceeded his authority when issuing it.
Hanen in his ruling said Obama’s executive order violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) because it failed to allow the public to comment.
“D.H.S. failed to engage in the statutorily mandated process,” Hanen wrote, “so DACA never gained status as a legally binding policy that could impose duties or obligations.”
The Obama administration had a history of ignoring the APA when issuing rules. It also ignored APA guidelines when issuing new rules for how colleges and universities handled allegations of sexual assault.
Hanen also wrote that those currently receiving benefits from the DACA program would not be immediately affected by his ruling, The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/16/us/court-daca-dreamers.html?smtyp=cur&amp;smid=tw-nytimes">reported</a>, and added that the federal government should not “take any immigration, deportation or criminal action” against current recipients that it “would not otherwise take.”
In addition, the Department of Homeland Security can continue to accept new DACA applications but cannot approve them.
“Immigrants currently enrolled in the program, most of whom were brought to the United States as children, will for now retain the ability to stay and work in the country, though those protections could evaporate if the government is unable to rectify a series of legal shortcomings,” the Times reported.
More from the Times:
<blockquote>President Biden moved to strengthen the DACA program on his first day in office, and in the absence of comprehensive immigration reform, the idea of extending a path to citizenship to the young immigrants who have enrolled has attracted bipartisan public support.
But the court ruling in Texas has introduced a new complication for the hundreds of thousands of people who have been able to build families, buy homes and work at jobs in the United States without fear of deportation. The ruling also represents a significant new challenge for Mr. Biden as he attempts to build support in Congress for his ambitious plan to allow up to 10 million other immigrants to live in the country legally.</blockquote>
Former President Donald Trump faced the opposite problem when he was in office, The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-administration-ordered-to-accept-new-daca-applications-and-fully-restore-the-program">reported</a>. In December 2020, a federal judge in Brooklyn, New York ordered the Trump administration to reinstate the DACA program after Trump made moves in 2017 to end the program. As the Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/us/daca-reinstated.html">reported</a> in December:
Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis of the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn directed the administration on Friday to allow newly eligible immigrants to file new applications for protection under the program, reversing a memorandum issued in the summer by Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of Homeland Security, which restricted the program to people who were already enrolled. As many as 300,000 new applicants could now be eligible, according to the lawyers who pushed for the reinstatement.
<blockquote> The memo from the Department of Homeland Security also limited benefits under the program, including permits to work, to one year, but the judge ordered the government to restore them to a full two years. Judge Garaufis, who was appointed by President Bill Clinton, also said the government must find a way to contact all immigrants who are eligible for the program to inform them of the change.</blockquote>
The latest court ruling presents yet another challenge in the battle over immigration reform, which has made little to no legislative progress in the past decade.

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Speaking with George Stephanopolous — former White House Communications Director under Bill Clinton — on October 15, 2020, Joe Biden described the use of executive orders as dictatorial.
“I have this strange notion. We are a democracy. Some of my Republican friends and some of my Democratic friends even say: well if you can’t get the votes, by executive order you’re going to do something, things you can’t do by executive order unless you’re a dictator.”
Biden also added, “We’re a democracy. We need consensus.”’
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&mdash; Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1354035368211984390?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 26, 2021</a></blockquote>
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However, in his first seven days in office, President Biden signed more executive orders than President Bill Clinton, President George W. Bush, and President Barack Obama averaged per year. In less than two weeks, Biden <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-executive-orders-more-donald-trump-barack-obama-first-12-days-1565795">has</a> “already issued nearly as many executive action as Trump and Obama did in the same period, combined.”
Here is a <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/29/politics/biden-executive-orders-climate-health-care-coronavirus-immigration/index.html">list</a> explaining what each of Biden’s 42 executive orders — all signed within 12 days of his Inauguration — actually mean:
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Executive Order on Strengthening Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.’ Directs federal agencies to look to expand access to Obamacare, with the long-term goal of achieving socialized medicine.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Memorandum on Protecting Women’s Health at Home and Abroad.’ Rescinds the “Mexico City Policy,” providing U.S. taxpayer funding for foreign abortions.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.’ Ceases “new oil and natural gas leases on public lands [and] in offshore waters,” thereby destroying energy jobs.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Executive Order on Establishing President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.’ Reestablishes the “President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.”</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Memorandum on Restoring Trust in Government Through Scientific Integrity and Evidence-Based Policymaking.’ Commits to making “evidence-based decisions guided by the best available science and data.” </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Paris Climate Agreement.’ Rejoins the Paris climate accord.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Executive Order on Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis.’ Cancels the Keystone XL pipeline, destroying more energy jobs.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Executive Order On Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government.’ Rescinds the 1776 Commission, and embraces the Black Lives Matter and 1619 Project narrative.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Executive Order on Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation.’ Prevents workplace discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation, and promotes transgender access to restrooms, locker rooms, and school sports.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Memorandum Condemning and Combating Racism, Xenophobia, and Intolerance Against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States.’ Directs Department of Health and Human Services to investigate ways to improve “cultural competency, language access and sensitivity toward AAPIs” as part of the federal government’s COVID-19 response.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Executive Order on Reforming Our Incarceration System to Eliminate the Use of Privately Operated Criminal Detention Facilities.’ Calls for the end of private prisons.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Memorandum on Redressing Our Nation’s and the Federal Government’s History of Discriminatory Housing Practices and Policies.’ Directs the Department of Housing and Urban Development to “review” the Trump administration’s policy impact on “fair housing.”</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Memorandum on Tribal Consultation and Strengthening Nation-to-Nation Relationships.’ Calls for federal agencies to “engage in regular, robust and meaningful consultation with Tribal governments.”</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Executive Order on Enabling All Qualified Americans to Serve Their Country in Uniform.’ Ends “transgender ban” in the military, which will restore the ability for transgender service members to receive taxpayer-funded medical services for the “transition process.” </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Executive Order on Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America by All of America’s Workers.’ Continues existing policies and attitudes regarding “Buy American” rules.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Executive Order on Protecting the Federal Workforce.’ First step in attempting to enforce a national $15 minimum wage.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Executive Order on Economic Relief Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic.’ “Calls for assistance to those who are struggling to buy food, missed out on stimulus checks or are unemployed.” No funding is provided, and the order simply directs federal agencies to “promptly identify actions they can take within existing authorities to address the current economic crisis.”</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Pausing Federal Student Loan Payments.’ Extends the pause on student loan repayments and interest for those with federal student loans until at least September 30.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Extend Eviction and Foreclosure Moratoriums.’ Extends the existing nationwide moratorium on evictions and foreclosures until at least March 31.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Proclamation on the Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Non-Immigrants of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting Coronavirus Disease.’ Enforces a travel ban on countries including Brazil, the United Kingdom, and South Africa.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Memorandum to Extend Federal Support to Governors’ Use of the National Guard to Respond to COVID-19 and to Increase Reimbursement and Other Assistance Provided to States.’ Expands federal reimbursement to states for the federal use of the National Guard.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Executive Order on a Sustainable Public Health Supply Chain.’ Substantively empty order which “directs immediate actions to secure supplies necessary for responding to the pandemic,” which simply calls for reviews and assessments.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Executive Order on Establishing the COVID-19 Pandemic Testing Board and Ensuring a Sustainable Public Health Workforce for COVID-19 and Other Biological Threats.’ Looks to expand testing capabilities through a federal vaccination strategy.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Executive Order on Improving and Expanding Access to Care and Treatments for COVID-19.’ Calls for the development of a plan for studying intervention methods and therapeutics regarding COVID-19.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Executive Order on Ensuring a Data-Driven Response to COVID-19 and Future High-Consequence Public Health Threats.‘ Calls for all executive departments and agencies to “facilitate the gathering, sharing, and publication of COVID-19-related data.”</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Create more vaccination sites.’ Instructs FEMA to create more federal vaccination centers.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Executive Order on Supporting the Reopening and Continuing Operation of Schools and Early Childhood Education Providers.’ Calls for guidance regarding the reopening and operation of schools, child care providers and higher education institutions.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Executive Order on Protecting Worker Health and Safety.’ Requests workplace guidance regarding COVID-19.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Executive Order on Promoting COVID-19 Safety in Domestic and International Travel.’ Requires masks to be worn in airports and on certain other modes of transportation. International travelers must provide proof of negative COVID-19 test before entering the US.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Executive Order on Ensuring an Equitable Pandemic Response and Recovery.’ Citing that “people of color experience systemic and structural racism in many facets of our society and are more likely to become sick and die from COVID-19,” calls for the prioritization of “health equity.”</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘National Security Directive on United States Global Leadership to Strengthen the International COVID-19 Response and to Advance Global Health Security and Biological Preparedness.’ Meaningless platitude, promising to “treat epidemic and pandemic preparedness, health security, and global health as top national security priorities, and will work with other nations to combat COVID-19 and seek to create a world that is safe and secure from biological threats.”</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Executive Order on Protecting the Federal Workforce and Requiring Mask-Wearing.’ Launches a “100 Days Masking Challenge,” and requires masking and physical distancing in federal buildings.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Letter to His Excellency António Guterres.’ Addresses “His Excellency” Guterres — a Portuguese socialist and the Secretary-General of the United Nations — and stops the United States’ withdrawal from the World Health Organization, and places Dr. Anthony Fauci as the head of the delegation to the WHO. </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Executive Order on Organizing and Mobilizing the United States Government to Provide a Unified and Effective Response to Combat COVID-19 and to Provide United States Leadership on Global Health and Security.’ Creates one job, the position of COVID-19 response coordinator, who will report directly to Biden and manage vaccine production and distribution efforts.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Executive Order on Ensuring a Lawful and Accurate Enumeration and Apportionment Pursuant to the Decennial Census.’ Requires that non-citizens (both legal and illegal) must be included in the census and appointment of congressional representatives.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Preserving and Fortifying Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.’ Strengthens the DACA program.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Proclamation on Ending Discriminatory Bans on Entry to the United States.’ Reverses the Trump administration’s travel restrictions imposed on countries from which travelers could not be adequately investigated or screened.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Executive Order on the Revision of Civil Immigration Enforcement Policies and Priorities.’ Reverses Trump’s expansion of immigration enforcement.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Proclamation on the Termination of Emergency With Respect to the Southern Border of the United States and Redirection of Funds Diverted to Border Wall Construction.’ Stops the construction of the border wall between the US and Mexico.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Reinstating Deferred Enforced Departure for Liberians.’ Extends deferrals of deportation and work authorizations for Liberians with a haven in the United States until June 30, 2022.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Executive Order on Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Personnel.’ Requires executive branch appointees to sign an ethics pledge barring them from acting in personal interest and requiring them to uphold the independence of the Department of Justice.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">‘Modernizing Regulatory Review.’ Calls for the development of recommendations to modernize regulatory review.</li>
</ul>
Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/ighaworth">@ighaworth</a>.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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In Brooklyn, New York, a federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to fully reinstate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, opening the door for potentially hundreds of thousands of unlawfully present immigrants to apply for the protection.
President Barack Obama used his executive powers to introduce DACA in 2012 to shield some individuals who entered the United States illegally as children from deportation if they met certain conditions. The Trump administration moved to end the program in 2017 and stopped accepting applications. Friday’s directive restores the enrollment process and returns DACA back to its original form.
However, the Trump administration can appeal the decision. The program also faces a legal challenge in a Texas federal court.
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/us/daca-reinstated.html">According</a> to The New York Times, DACA has protected more than 800,000 people known as “dreamers” since its inception.
“Living from court to court ruling, on the whims of politicians or which way the wind is blowing, is cruel and dehumanizing,” <a href="https://unitedwedream.org/2020/12/we-win-again-court-tells-trump-to-reinstate-daca-effective-immediately/">said</a> Juliana Macedo do Nascimento, a DACA recipient and policy manager for an immigrant youth-led network called United We Dream. “The incoming Biden-Harris administration must use every tool at their disposal to move on permanent solutions for immigrant youth and over 11 million undocumented people living in this country. We won’t wait.”
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We say out loud, we say it clear: DACA IS THE FLOOR, NOT THE CEILING. 
We demand permanent protection for undocumented people! 
We demand Abolishment of ICE and CBP.
We demand Moratorium on deportations
We demand BOLD Admin actions that protect people from deportation.
&mdash; Greisa Martínez Rosas (@GreisaMartinez) <a href="https://twitter.com/GreisaMartinez/status/1335023335646896128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2020</a></blockquote>
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As The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/us/daca-reinstated.html">reports</a>:
<blockquote>Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis of the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn directed the administration on Friday to allow newly eligible immigrants to file new applications for protection under the program, reversing a memorandum issued in the summer by Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of Homeland Security, which restricted the program to people who were already enrolled. As many as 300,000 new applicants could now be eligible, according to the lawyers who pushed for the reinstatement.
 The memo from the Department of Homeland Security also limited benefits under the program, including permits to work, to one year, but the judge ordered the government to restore them to a full two years. Judge Garaufis, who was appointed by President Bill Clinton, also said the government must find a way to contact all immigrants who are eligible for the program to inform them of the change.
The judge said the government must announce the changes to the program on its website by Monday.</blockquote>
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Most of the times you will not see these types of pics when talking about <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DACA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DACA</a>, but believe that immigration is a <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Black?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Black</a> issue too! On Monday, the govt must announce it is currently accepting first-time applications, renewal requests, and advance parole. <a href="https://t.co/vgqaVL1QkO">pic.twitter.com/vgqaVL1QkO</a>
&mdash; Nneka Achapu (@nnekaachapu) <a href="https://twitter.com/nnekaachapu/status/1335264438048403457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Joe Biden promised to restore DACA on the campaign trail. Still, as the Times notes, “Mr. Biden is certain to face intense pressure from immigrant groups to fight for a broad overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws that would take care of the dreamers and millions of other undocumented immigrants.”
President Donald Trump has maintained that DACA is unconstitutional. In June, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 to block his administration’s efforts to dismantle the program, ruling that it had not adequately explained its decision to do so.
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As President of the United States, I am asking for a legal solution on DACA, not a political one, consistent with the rule of law. The Supreme Court is not willing to give us one, so now we have to start this process all over again.
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1273666793362673665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2020</a></blockquote>
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“We do not decide whether DACA or its rescission are sound policies,” <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/06/18/829858289/supreme-court-upholds-daca-in-blow-to-trump-administration">wrote</a> Chief Justice John Roberts in the opinion. “The wisdom of those decisions is none of our concern. Here we address only whether the Administration complied with the procedural requirements in the law that insist on ‘a reasoned explanation for its action.’”

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Justice Roberts has reaped a whirlwind of criticism this week after siding with the Supreme Court&#8217;s liberal wing this week on two major decisions: the rescinding of DACA and workplace protections for LGBT individuals on the basis of sex under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) has gone as far to call on Justice Roberts to resign for showing himself to be a political actor rather than an impartial jurist.
&#8220;It cannot be the law that what Barack Obama has unlawfully done, no president may undo,” Cotton said in a statement, as reported by <a href="https://thefederalist.com/2020/06/18/cotton-if-john-roberts-wants-to-write-laws-he-should-resign-and-run-for-office/">The Federalist</a>. &#8220;John Roberts again postures as a Solomon who will save our institutions from political controversy and accountability. If the Chief Justice believes his political judgment is so exquisite, I invite him to resign, travel to Iowa, and get elected. I suspect voters will find his strange views no more compelling than do the principled justices on the Court.&#8221;
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was equally vocal in his criticism of the Supreme Court.
“Judging is not a game. It’s not supposed to be a game but sadly over recent years more and more, Chief Justice Roberts has been playing games with the court to achieve the policy outcomes he desires,” Cruz said.
In the 5-4 decision on Wednesday, Roberts wrote the majority opinion in which he said that President Trump could not rescind the Obama administration’s Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Act with an executive order, alleging that the president did not reverse the program in their preferred way.
“We do not decide whether DACA or its rescission are sound policies. ‘The wisdom’ of those decisions ‘is none of our concern,&#8217;” Roberts <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-supreme-court-rules-against-trump-admin-on-daca-roberts-strikes-casts-swing-vote">wrote in the opinion</a>. “We address only whether the agency complied with the procedural requirement that it provide a reasoned explanation for its action.”
The Roberts opinion further alleged that the Trump administration &#8220;failed to consider the conspicuous issues of whether to retain forbearance,” demanding that the Department of Homeland Security take up the issue if DACA were to come to an end.
“That dual failure raises doubts about whether the agency appreciated the scope of its discretion or exercised that discretion in a reasonable manner,” Roberts wrote. “The appropriate recourse is, therefore, to remand to DHS so that it may consider the problem anew.”
Trump, who took a beating in the Supreme Court this week, blasted the justices for their jurisprudence on Twitter while demanding we get new justices on the court.
“The recent Supreme Court decisions, not only on DACA, Sanctuary Cities, Census, and others, tell you only one thing, we need NEW JUSTICES of the Supreme Court. If the Radical Left Democrats assume power, your Second Amendment, Right to Life, Secure Borders, and &#8230; Religious Liberty, among many other things, are OVER and GONE!”  he tweeted.
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President Trump has promised to release a new list of conservative Supreme Court picks after the High Court blocked his administration from rescinding former President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals order.
The Supreme Court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-supreme-court-rules-against-trump-admin-on-daca-roberts-strikes-casts-swing-vote">issued</a> a Thursday ruling that the Department of Homeland Security violated the Administrative Procedure Act and moved to rescind DACA too quickly. The court did not say that Trump lacks the authority to eventually repeal the order, and Trump pledged to continue repealing the Obama-era directive.
The court decision was a surprise win for progressive immigration advocates and a loss for the Trump administration. The court was largely split between its ideological blocs except for Chief Justice John Roberts, who sided with the four liberal justices.
“The recent Supreme Court decisions, not only on DACA, Sanctuary Cities, Census, and others, tell you only one thing, we need NEW JUSTICES of the Supreme Court,” Trump tweeted after the decision. “If the Radical Left Democrats assume power, your Second Amendment, Right to Life, Secure Borders, and Religious Liberty, among many other things, are OVER and GONE!”
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&#8230;Religious Liberty, among many other things, are OVER and GONE!
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1273665329416286219?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Trump pledged to come out with a new list of potential Supreme Court picks similar to the list he released in the run-up to the 2016 election. During the 2016 campaign, the list of potential picks Trump released helped shore up support among some skeptical conservatives.
“I will be releasing a new list of Conservative Supreme Court Justice nominees, which may include some, or many of those already on the list, by September 1, 2020. If given the opportunity, I will only choose from this list, as in the past, a Conservative Supreme Court Justice,” Trump said. “Based on decisions being rendered now, this list is more important than ever before (Second Amendment, Right to Life, Religous Liberty, etc.) – VOTE 2020!”
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&#8230;Based on decisions being rendered now, this list is more important than ever before (Second Amendment, Right to Life, Religous Liberty, etc.) – VOTE 2020!
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1273667868362768386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Trump’s loss over DACA follows an earlier defeat on how to interpret Civil Rights Act Title VII protections against discrimination. The Supreme Court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-supreme-court-rules-lgbt-individuals-protected-from-job-discrimination-under-title-vii">voted</a> 6-3 on Monday to include protections for gay, lesbian, and transgender people into the law. Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and John Roberts sided with the court’s liberal bloc to make up the majority.
The court opinion, written by Gorsuch, said that discrimination based on sexual orientation is the same as discrimination based on sex. The decision could have wide-ranging implications for religious institutions and businesses.
Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented, criticizing the majority for folding together two separate and distinguishable terms.
“The Court tries to convince readers that it is merely enforcing the terms of the statute, but that is preposterous,” Alito said. “Even as understood today, the concept of discrimination because of ‘sex’ is different from discrimination because of ‘sexual orientation’ or ‘gender identity.’”
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