Latest DACA Ruling Leaves Students in Limbo

A recent federal district court ruling that deemed the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, illegal is heightening concerns and uncertainty about the future of the program among undocumented students and their advocates. The Obama-era program, which protects immigrants brought to the country as children from deportation and allows them to work in the U.S. legally, has been intermittently under fire since it went into effect in 2012, losing political support during the Trump administration and regaining it under the Biden administration.