A Texas district court judge issued a decision on Sept. 13, declaring that “DACA,” a program providing certain benefits to undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States as children, is illegal. The ruling states that new applications will not be adjudicated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), however, those who already have DACA designation will be allowed to renew it.

DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) is an Obama-era program preventing those who had unlawfully entered the country as children from being placed in removal proceedings and deported. The applicant must meet several criteria to be eligible for the program and its benefits. Some key criteria are that they must have entered the country when they were younger than 16; must be younger than 30 at the time of application; must show current school enrollment or graduation; and have no criminal record, among other factors.