Supreme Court’s Decision on
Immigration Case Affects Millions
of Unauthorized Immigrants
By
HAEYOUN PARK and
ALICIA PARLAPIANO JUNE 23, 2016
The Supreme Court announced a 4-4 decision in a case
challenging President Obama’s plan to shield as many as five
million unauthorized immigrants from deportation and to
allow them to work in the United States. The decision leaves
in place an appeals court ruling blocking the president’s
ambitious plan, dealing a sharp blow to a program that Mr.
Obama had hoped would be one of his central legacies.
Just under half of the nation’s unauthorized immigrant population – estimated currently at about 11 million – could have potentially benefited from programs President Obama announced in November 2014.
Mr. Obama’s programs for parents and children – Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents, known as DAPA, and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, known as DACA – would have protected three categories of unauthorized immigrants:
DAPA (parents)
Unauthorized parents of children who are United States citizens or legal permanent residents born on or before Nov. 20, 2014. To qualify, parents must have been in the United States since Jan.1, 2010.
DACA (children)
Unauthorized immigrants born after June 15, 1981 who were brought to the United States before their 16th birthday and have been in the country since June 15, 2007.
Expanded DACA (children)
Unauthorized immigrants brought to the United States as children before January 2010.
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