Judge Spurns Trump Agency's 'Hodgepodge' Reasons for Ending DACA
U.S. District Judge John Bates in Washington DC: "A conclusory assertion that a prior policy is illegal, accompanied by a hodgepodge of illogical or post hoc policy assertions, simply will not do. The court therefore reaffirms its conclusion that DACA's rescission was unlawful and must be set aside."
August 03, 2018 at 05:12 PM
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U.S. District Judge John Bates of the District of Columbia. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi second time new memo
"The court did not hold in its prior opinion, and it does not hold today, that DHS lacks the statutory or constitutional authority to rescind the DACA program. Rather, the court simply holds that if DHS wishes to rescind the program—or to take any other action, for that matter—it must give a rational explanation for its decision."
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