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Federal Judge Rules US Must Accept New DACA Applications

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   The Trump administration must begin accepting new applications for the
   Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, a federal judge ruled
   Friday.

   U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis found that a memo issued in July
   by Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf was
   invalid. The memo suspended new applications to the program that
   protects some young immigrants from deportation and reduced how long
   renewals were valid, from two years to one year.

   Friday's ruling follows one in November by Garaufis that found that
   Wolf was unlawfully in his position. Garaufis is a senior district
   judge in the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of New York.

   Garaufis said the government has three days to post a public notice
   that new DACA applications are being accepted. He also gave the
   government one month to provide a status report on the program.

   An email seeking comment was sent by The Associated Press to the
   Department of Homeland Security.

   "More than a million DACA-eligible youth have just been granted the
   opportunity and freedom to thrive in this country that is their home,"
   said Kamal Essaheb, deputy director of the National Immigration Law
   Center and former DACA recipient. "We celebrate this latest victory
   with our courageous plaintiffs and look ahead to a new pro-immigrant
   administration under President-elect [Joe]Biden, and a permanent fix
   for DACA youth on day one of his administration."

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