DACA

Andrew Hanen, a federal judge in Houston, has agreed with Texas and eight other states suing to stop the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program.

Denton County Transportation Authority leadership is looking into the future of its transportation service as they discussed possible plans to retire diesel buses, replace A-train rail carts and modernize service.

Laura Collins, immigration policy expert with the George W. Bush Institute, discusses the tumultuous history of legislation aimed at undocumented immigrants who came to the country as children.

The hearing Thursday morning is the latest in the years-long effort by Texas and its conservative allies to end the popular program that has granted limited relief to undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children.

The House passed the American Dream and Promise Act in March 2021, which would allow DACA recipients, or “Dreamers,” to apply for permanent residency and end the legal limbo that has repeatedly jeopardized their ability to stay in the United States.

DACA recipients from around the country, including Texas, will meet with Congressional leaders and staff on Wednesday and urge them to enact protective measures during the lame duck session.

A decade after the Obama-era DACA program was created, its future remains uncertain. It affects more than 101,000 Texas residents temporarily protected from deportation

The Biden administration has said it’s expediting the process for U visa applicants, so they can work while they wait for their applications to be processed. But a huge backlog of cases means many immigrants who've applied could be waiting months for work authorization.

The Biden administration on Monday renewed efforts to shield hundreds of thousands of immigrants who came to the United States as young children from deportation, proposing to do so via regulation, the latest maneuver in a long-running drama over the policy’s legality.

From what’s next for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, to Abbott's latest executive order, to young people who have aged out of their parent’s work visa protections, here’s a roundup of some of the top border and immigration stories of the week from public radio reporters across Texas.

Immigrant advocates say DACA was only a Band-Aid. U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen's recent order to halt new DACA applications puts the pressure on Congress to act.

Judge Andrew Hanen's ruling doesn't affect the status of more than 600,000 current DACA recipients.