Biden administration to publish rule to shield DACA program from legal challenges
CBSN
The Biden administration this week plans to publish a proposed rule designed to insulate a deportation relief program for undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children from legal challenges that threaten the policy's existence, congressional officials familiar with the matter told CBS News.
The rule, set to be published on Tuesday, would give the public 60 days to submit comments for or against the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy, which provides deportation protection and work permits to roughly 590,000 immigrants known colloquially as "Dreamers."
According to the congressional officials, the proposed rule is expected to rely on the same DACA guidelines outlined in 2012, when the Obama administration created the program, and embrace the "consistent judgment" that immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as minors should not be a priority for deportation.
