Department of Homeland Security et al., Petitioners
Noel J. Francisco, U.S. Solicitor General
On June 15, 2012, the Obama Administration announced that it was creating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which would provide temporary normalized residency status to undocumented immigrants who entered the United States as children if they met certain qualification criteria. In all, more than 825,000 individuals applied and were approved for DACA protections. Following the inauguration of Donald Trump, his administration announced on September 5, 2017, that the DACA program was being terminated …
