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People demonstrate in June in Los Angeles in favor of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Immigrant rights advocates hailed a Friday court ruling allowing new applications as a "huge victory for people who have been waiting to apply for D

Judge Orders Trump Administration To Restore DACA As It Existed Under Obama

Dec 04, 2020
Federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis instructed the Department of Homeland Security to begin accepting new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program as soon as Monday.
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Law
The Trump administration implemented new restrictions on DACA applicants following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling ordering DHS to revert to the original guidelines set by President Barack Obama in 2012.

California Picks Up Fight Over DACA Restrictions Again

Aug 18, 2020
State Attorney General Xavier Becerra will challenge new restrictions aimed at limiting Deferred Action for Childhod Arrivals applications while the Trump administration aims to end the program.
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KNPR's State of Nevada

Nevada's DACA Recipients Celebrate Supreme Court's Decision

Jun 18, 2020

Amid the coronavirus pandemic and national unrest over r

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National
Supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Act and others demonstrate outside the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena, Calif., in May. The Trump administration failed to convince a U.S. appeals court that it was justified in ending the

Texas Judge Says DACA Is Probably Illegal, But Leaves It In Place

Aug 31, 2018
Federal District Judge Andrew Hanen had ended a similar Obama-era program, but he declined to halt DACA, saying the coalition of opposed states waited too long to bring their lawsuit.
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Politics
House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is trying to unite his conference around a compromise immigration bill.

House GOP Leaders Delay Vote On Compromise Immigration Bill

Jun 21, 2018
Immigration votes in the House show deep divisions inside the House Republican conference and spotlight a controversial debate just months ahead of the midterm elections.
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The Two-Way
Supporters of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals protest in Arizona shortly after Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the program would be suspended.

Arizona Supreme Court Denies DACA Students In-State Tuition

Apr 10, 2018
The ruling means immigrants protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program will have to pay up to three times what they've been paying to enroll in classes starting in summer.
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The Two-Way
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is appealing a court ruling that reinstated DACA renewals.

DOJ Plans To Ask The Supreme Court To Intervene On DACA

Jan 16, 2018
Attorney General Jeff Sessions wants the high court to reverse a decision out of California forcing the government to resume accepting DACA applications. He said the ruling defies common sense.
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KNPR's State of Nevada

Dreamers Can Renew DACA Status... For Now

Jan 17, 2018

A federal judge in California last week ruled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program – or DACA – must continue despite President Donald Trump’s vow to stop the program unless Congr

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The Two-Way
Demonstrators urging the Democratic Party to protect the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Act (DACA) rally outside the office of California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein in Los Angeles last week.

Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump's Decision To End DACA

Jan 09, 2018

After a judge ordered the government to continue a program protecting young immigrants from deportation, President Trump tweeted, "It just shows everyone how broken and unfair our Court System is."

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National
People attend an orientation class in filing up their application for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

Oops, We Lost Your DACA Application

Nov 16, 2017
Immigrants' rights groups say thousands of DACA renewal applications may have been wrongly rejected for being late. The Trump administration now says it will reconsider some of those applications.
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KNPR's State of Nevada

Las Vegan Joins In DACA Lawsuit Against Trump

Sep 28, 2017

Six people who came to this country as children have sued the Trump admi

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Newscast headlines

Rep. Titus Co-Sponsors Bill To Keep DACA Files From Immigration Authorities

Sep 12, 2017

U.S. Representative Dina Titus, D-NV., is co-sponsoring a bill in the U.S. House to keep DACA, which stands for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, recipients’ files away from federal immigration authorities.

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Rally For Immigrant Program Planned At Trump Las Vegas Hotel

Sep 11, 2017

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Supporters of a canceled program that protects some immigrant youths in the country illegally are rallying in Las Vegas Sunday with a march at Trump International Hotel.

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The Two-Way
Faride Cuevas, a participant in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program, talks to reporters Wednesday in Seattle as Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson and other DACA participants look on.

States Sue To Block DACA Termination, Citing Trump's 'Racial Animus'

Sep 06, 2017
State attorneys general also argue that the Trump administration's decision to phase out the Obama-era program violates due process rights of the immigrants by failing to protect their personal data.
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Newscast headlines

Nevada Leaders React To Trump's DACA Decision

Sep 06, 2017

The Trump administration’s announcement Tuesday that it’s ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program spurred reactions from officials across Nevada.

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Newscast headlines

Nevada Officials Decry Trump's Decision To Phase-Out DACA

Sep 06, 2017

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Members of Nevada's congressional delegation are decrying President Donald Trump's decision to revoke the program that has protected hundreds of thousands of young immigrants brought into the country illegally as children.

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Congressman Kihuen Says Congress Must Act to Protect DACA Recipients

Sep 06, 2017

Congressman Ruben Kihuen was featured in the

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Newscast headlines

Culinary Union Condemns Trump's DACA Decision

Sep 05, 2017

The Trump Administration formally announced it will end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, also called DACA.

While an expected 800,000 people will be affected by the news nationally, an estimated 13,000 live here in Nevada.

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Newscast headlines

Heller Says He Supports DACA

Sep 05, 2017

Nevada Senator Dean Heller has come out in defense of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program on the eve of an anticipated presidential announcement ending it. 

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Kitchen Table Conversations
Desiree Armas graduated in June from Union County Magnet High School in New Jersey wearing medals and honor cords that represent her academic and extracurricular accomplishments.

For New Jersey DACA Student, The Road To College Is Bumpier Than Expected

Jul 14, 2017
We first met Desiree Armas back in January. She graduated with honors from high school, but her home state of New Jersey doesn't allow state financial aid for students in the country illegally.
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