Several Republican States Request To Terminate DACA
The states argued the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals' program is an illegal over-reach of executive power, and only Congress has the authority to grant unauthorized immigrants federal benefits.
Several Republican states requested for a Texas federal judge to shut down DACA. Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Carolina, West Virginia, and more have argued that the ‘Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals’ program is an illegal over-reach of executive power, and only Congress has the authority to grant unauthorized immigrants federal benefits. Terminating DACA would prevent about 600 thousand…