Trump Administration Under Fire for Slow Action on DACA

Trump Administration Under Fire for Slow Action on DACA
DACA recipients and their supporters rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington on June 18, 2020. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
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The Trump administration is facing legal pressure over its apparent failure to immediately resume processing of illegal aliens under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program after the Supreme Court ruled last month it failed to rescind the Obama-era program properly.

On June 18, the Supreme Court ruled 5–4 in Department of Homeland Security (DHS) v. Regents of the University of California that the Trump administration failed to follow the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), which requires the government to fully explain the reasons for its decisions, when it tried to rescind the program that temporarily shielded young people who came to the United States illegally from being deported.