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District Court Enjoins DACA Phase-Out:

Explanation and Takeaways



Hillel R. Smith, Coordinator
Legislative Attorney

Ben Harrington, Coordinator
Legislative Attorney

March 7, 2018
UPDATE: Following the publication of this Sidebar additional developments have arisen that affect the
Trump Administration 's planned phase-out of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
program. On February 13, 2018, the US. District Court for the Eastern District of New York became the
second federal district court to issue a nationwide preliminary injunction limiting the DACA phase-out to
aliens who have not yet obtained DACA benefits. The district court s injunction mirrors the nationwide
injunction issued by the US. District Court for the Northern District of California that is discussed in this
Sidebar and the reasoning behind each injunction was largely similar Both courts held that plaintiffs
were likely to succeed on the merits of their claims under the Administrative Procedure Act that DHS's
decision to end DACA was arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance
with law. 
On March 5, 2018, a federal district court in Maryland, in considering yet another lawsuit challenging
the planned rescission of DACA, ruled primarily in DHS s favor and held that the rescission does not
violate the Administrative Procedure Act or the Constitution. That holding does not impact the two
nationwide injunctions mentioned above, which continue to prohibit DHS from implementing the DACA
rescission in most respects. However, the Maryland federal district court imposed a new restriction on
DHS by enjoining it 'from using information provided by [applicants] through the DACA program for
enforcement purposes. Should DHS seek to use an individual DACA applicant s information for an
enforcement purpose implicating national security... public safety or public interest, the injunction
requires DHS to petition the Court for permission to do so on a case-by-case basis with in camera
review.

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