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A divided U.S. Supreme Court left intact a ruling that will require Arizona to offer driver’s licenses to some undocumented immigrants in a case testing the strength of President Barack Obama’s deferred-deportation policies. Rebuffing state officials without comment, the justices today refused to block the federal appeals court decision, which […]
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s new executive actions on immigration face legal challenges and major threats from Republicans in Congress, but activists say they’re confident those are battles they can win. A bigger challenge, though, will be making sure undocumented immigrants who are eligible to stay in the U.S legally […]
Two key elements of the President’s executive action are the expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and the announcement of a new Deferred Action for Parental Accountability (DAPA) program that extends deferred action and employment authorization benefits to qualifying parents of qualifying U.S. citizens and lawful […]