Appeals Court To Hear Arguments in Challenge To Obama-Era ‘DACA’ Immigration Policy

The so-called ‘Dreamer’ program, allowing hundreds of thousands of children to stay in America despite being brought here illegally, has prompted a years-long legal saga.

AP/Jacquelyn Martin
The Supreme Court is preparing to rule on whether the Obama administration had the authority to unilaterally protect from deportation hundreds of thousands of children who were brought to America illegally. AP/Jacquelyn Martin

A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments on Thursday over the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program — the latest in a years-long legal battle over whether the executive branch had the authority to unilaterally protect hundreds of thousands of children who were brought to America illegally from deportation. 

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