nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor3|||Judge Rules Acting DHS Secretary Lacked Authority To Suspend DACA Program||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||It's the latest court ruling against the Trump administration's attempts to terminate the Obama-era program that protects young immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children.

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Judge Rules Acting DHS Secretary Lacked Authority To Suspend DACA Program






Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of homeland security, is pictured on Sept. 23. A federal judge said he was not authorized to issue a July memo limiting the restrictions of DACA recipients.



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Judge Rules Acting DHS Secretary Lacked Authority To Suspend DACA Program



It's the latest court ruling against the Trump administration's attempts to terminate the Obama-era program that protects young immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children.