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10 Republican Attorneys General Threaten to Sue Trump Admin over DACA

HeadlineJun 30, 2017

In more immigration news, attorneys general in 10 states say they’ll sue the Trump administration unless it ends the DACA program, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which grants legal protection for some young immigrants to live and work in the United States. In a letter sent to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions Thursday, Ken Paxton of Texas and nine other Republican attorneys general say they’re prepared to challenge the entire DACA program in court unless the White House rescinds the policy.

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