4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals: Trump Administration's Abrogation of DACA, Illegal

Washington (CNN)A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the Trump administration's decision to rescind a program protecting young undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children from being deported violates federal law.

In a 2-1 ruling, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program's rescission was "arbitrary and capricious" under federal law in part because the Department of Homeland Security "failed to give a reasoned explanation" for the change in policy.

The Trump administration's move to rescind the program was already...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Friday the Trump administration acted in an “arbitrary and capricious” manner when it sought to end an Obama-era program that shields young immigrants from deportation.

A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2 to 1 that the Trump administration violated federal statute when it tried to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program without adequately explaining why. The ruling overturns a lower court ruling a judge in Maryland made last year, which Trump had previously...