Dreamers still in peril as court focus shifts to Texas challenge

WASHINGTON - Almost 700,000 undocumented immigrants the US Supreme Court just protected from deportation now face the same threat, as a separate challenge led by Texas springs back into action.

The separate challenge, which has been simmering since 2018, argues the same in reverse - that President Barack Obama exceeded his own authority by going around the rule when he implemented Daca in the first place. "We are disappointed" with the decision, Paxton said in a statement,"but it does not resolve the underlying issue that President Obama's original executive order exceeded his constitutional authority."

Mr Hanen ruled in 2015 that Mr Obama did skip required federal procedures, and usurped Congress's authority over immigration, by issuing the executive order that protects Dreamers' parents, a companion programme known as Dapa.

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