Trump to Reject New DACA Applications, Renew Current Protections

The Trump administration will reject new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program as it seeks new avenues to dismantle parts of the program, the administration announced Tuesday.

The administration will also shorten the window for current DACA recipients, or so-called Dreamers, to renew their status from two years to one year, according to a Tuesday memo from the Department of Homeland Security. The new policy for renewals grants the administration a chance to conduct a “comprehensive review” of the program to assess its legality after a Supreme...

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump's administration will continue to reject new applications for an immigration program that allows young, undocumented immigrants to live and work in the country but will let current "Dreamers" renew those protections.

The decision, announced in a Department of Homeland Security memo, comes a month after a divided Supreme Court blocked the White House from ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, finding the administration was "arbitrary and capricious" in how it sought to wind down the Obama-era program.

Trump has long sought to roll...