Federal Judge Orders Trump Administration to Restore DACA

On Friday, a New York federal judge ordered the Trump administration to begin accepting new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, an Obama-era initiative that provides semi-legal status to those who entered the U.S. illegally as children. The order directs the Department of Homeland Security to announce by Monday that it is resuming the approval of new DACA applications and work permits, and to return to its previous practice of granting and extending DACA status for two years at a time. This comes after the Trump administration announced it would reject new DACA applications, but let current DACA recipients continue to renew their protections. Projected 2020 presidential election winner Joe Biden is expected to fully restore DACA . The story was covered by outlets across the political spectrum. Some left-rated outlets speculated about the likelihood of the order to open the window for new DACA applications for the first time since 2017.