(CNN) The Department of Homeland Security will begin to accept new applications for the Obama-era program shielding undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children from deportation to comply with a recent court order, the department announced Monday. A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program Friday, marking a significant step for the program's beneficiaries and for undocumented immigrants who are eligible for the program but had been blocked from applying. But DHS left the door open for an appeal. "DHS will comply with Judge Garaufis' order while it remains in effect, but DHS may seek relief from the order," the department said on its website. Judge Nicholas Garaufis' order Friday backed up his November ruling that Chad Wolf had not been legally serving as acting Homeland Security secretary when he had signed rules limiting applications and renewals for the program.

Source: The Nation December 08, 2020 02:03 UTC