The Supreme Court is not likely to review during its current term the program that shields young undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children, leaving in place the Obama-era initiative that the Trump administration has tried to end. Democrats have rejected the offer as “hostage-taking.”Trump has previously said he wanted the Supreme Court to take the case and find he had the authority to end the program. [Trump can’t immediately repeal DACA, appeals court says]The Trump administration moved to scuttle the program in 2017 after Texas and other states threatened to sue to force its end. Francisco said DACA is “materially indistinguishable” from that program and that courts would likely find it illegal. “Does anybody really want to throw out good, educated and accomplished young people who have jobs, some serving in the military?

Source: Washington Post January 22, 2019 15:00 UTC