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The Republican presidential candidate introduced border policies on Monday. EAGLE PASS, Texas -- Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Monday that he would seek to eliminate the constitutional guarantee of citizenship to children of undocumented im migrants born in the United States. So-called " birthright citizenship " has long been considered protected under the 14th Amendment, which guarantees citizenship to all individuals "born or naturalized in the United States." That language has largely kept conservatives who oppose it from challenging it in court, though former President Donald Trump in 2018 promised an executive order to eliminate it, a threat on which he never followed through. Trump, the current frontrunner in the Republican primary, has again promised to strike the protection if elected. Republican U.S. presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis visits the border community of Eagle Pass, Texas, June 26, 2023. Kaylee Greenlee Beal/Reuters ...

A federal judge ruled -- again -- that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, is illegal, but he refrained from removing people from it A federal judge in Texas on Wednesday ruled -- again -- that the federal government's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is il legal , but he refrained from taking action to remove protection s for the hundreds of thousands of young immigrants shielded under DACA. The program, which began in 2012 under the Obama administration, currently covers around 600,000 young adults, commonly referred to as "Dreamers," who were il legal ly brought to the U.S. as children. Under the program, those people have been protected from deportation and granted work authorization for the past 11 years. U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen, who issued the latest ruling, previously found DACA unlawful in 2021, leading to a protracted appeals process. "The Court, as it did before, hereby stays the effective date of the vac...