D.C. Federal Judge Rules DACA Must Continue; New Applications Accepted
News alert: On April 24, 2018, Federal Judge Bates of the District of Columbia ruled that the government's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) was "virtually unexplained" and therefore unlawful. The judge further ruled that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must continue to take renewal applications AND new applicants. This is a shift from two other district court rulings this year in California and New York that have in part struc