Resumption follows a judge’s ruling which temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s decision to end the Obama-era programUS immigration authorities will resume accepting requests under the so-called Dreamers scheme that shields young people brought to the country illegally from deportation. California in revolt: how the progressive state plans to foil the Trump agenda Read moreA judge last week blocked a Trump administration government decision to end the Obama -era program. District judge William Alsup of the 9th circuit issued a ruling in San Francisco last week that temporarily blocked a decision by the government to end Daca later this year. Former president Barack Obama enacted Daca to keep the undocumented immigrants, known as dreamers, from being deported. The immigration office said that deferments under Daca do not confer legal residency but gives prosecutors discretion on enforcing immigration laws.

Source: The Guardian January 14, 2018 06:45 UTC