The Department of Homeland Security has tentatively approved asylum requests from a group of young immigrants known as the “Dream 9” who challenged the Obama administration’s record deportations late last month by attempting to cross the border from Mexico. Officials ruled the activists have a “credible fear” of persecution if returned to Mexico. Most members of the Dream 9 had been deported or forced to leave the United States under current policies, but three left voluntarily to accompany the others back. An immigration judge will determine their final status. For now the Dream 9 remain in detention in Arizona.