Protections against deportation for some 700,000 undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children remain in place two days after the DACA program was to expire, the Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday. “In compliance with court injunctions, USCIS is accepting and adjudicating DACA requests for renewals as they are submitted,” Houlton said in a statement. With the government’s appeal of that injunction unlikely to be ruled on for months, DHS said DACA recipients could continue to renew their protections, though no one outside the program would be able to join. On Wednesday, Trump said he still hopes for legislation to replace DACA. “We’re trying to have a DACA victory,” he said in a speech to the Latino Coalition, a conservative business group.

Source: Manila Bulletin March 07, 2018 18:33 UTC