Texas judge bars new DACA applicants, calls immigration program ‘illegally implemented’

“Hundreds of thousands of individual DACA recipients along with their employers, states and dependents rely on the DACA program,” Hanen, an appointee for Republican President George W. Bush, wrote in the decision. “Given these interests, it is inappropriate for a government program that has created such a high level of dependency to end suddenly. This consideration, along with the government’s claim that it is ready and willing to attempt to remedy the legal deficiencies of the DACA program, shows that a complete and immediate cessation of DACA will not serve justice. “