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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...

The Supreme Court on Friday will hand down its final opinions of the term, including highly-anticipated decisions on student loans and LGBTQ+ protections. The Supreme Court on Friday will hand down its final opinions of the term, including highly-anticipated decisions on student loan forgiveness and free speech and LGBTQ+ protections. The justices will issue decisions at 10 a.m. ET to finish the term it began back in October. Three cases remain out of the 59 argued. Their rulings will decide the fate of tens of millions of Americans with federal student loans and have an impact on free speech rights and LGBTQ+ protections . Already this week, the court handed down blockbuster decisions on affirmative action and election law. MORE: Supreme Court effectively ends affirmative action at colleges in landmark ruling The court's conservative majority on Thursday struck down race-conscious admissions policies Harvard University and the University of North Carolina as unconstitutional, e...