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Supreme Court declines Trump administration's request to hear DACA case - ABC News

posted onFebruary 27, 2018
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Article snippet: The Supreme Court Monday declined to review a federal judge's order continuing the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program — a move that stymies the Trump administration's efforts to quickly end the program. At the White House, while meeting with the nation's governors, President Donald Trump reacted, saying: "We tried to get it moved quickly because we'd like to help DACA. I think everybody in this room wants to help with DACA, but the Supreme Court just ruled it has to go through the normal channels. So it's going back in. There won't be any surprise." Since its inception, under the Obama-era program, thousands of young immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children have been granted protection from deportation. The program has also become a key flash point amid heated debate over immigration reform. In its previous petition to the high court, the the Supreme Court very rarely does, said Kate Shaw, an ABC News contributor who also teaches at Cardozo Law School. In denying the petition, the court wrote: "It is assumed that the Court of Appeals will proceed expeditiously to decide this case." "After that happens, the court can consider the case in the ordinary course. I think there's still a very good chance that the court will take the case after the Ninth Circuit has acted (if there's been no movement on DACA in the political branches by then," Shaw said. The Department of Justice said it is watching closely. “While we ... Link to the full article to read more

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