DACA Coverage

Guest opinion: For 'Dreamers,' the latest DACA crisis is deja vu all over again

A Texas court has once more ruled against the DACA program. That means new applications won’t be processed and existing DACA recipients are forced to wait in confusion and fear for the Supreme Court to take up the issue—and likely shutter the program permanently.

Dreamers debate: Federal appeals court hears arguments over DACA program

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN A federal appeals court in New Orleans heard arguments Wednesday on the legality of the Obama-era […]

DACA 10 years later: Immigrants have become doctors, non-profit leaders

Ten years ago Wednesday, former President Obama established the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program -- better known as DACA. In the decade since it's implementation, it has faced many legal challenges. But for the people's it's helped, the program has been life-changing.

Adam Owens, WRAL anchor/reporter

10 years ago today Obama established DACA: Here's how it's going now

Ten years ago Wednesday, former President Obama established the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program -- better known as DACA. In the decade since it's implementation, it has faced many legal challenges. But for the people's it's helped, the program has been life-changing.

STEVE S. RAO: Biden's immigration plan is less divisive than you think. Here's why

Monday, Feb. 15, 2021 -- Especially after the Capitol siege, we desperately need to remember the spirit of tolerance, generosity and optimism that defines us as a nation. There no better way to do this than welcoming outsiders to our shores. And fortunately, we want to. In fact, more Americans than ever before now say immigration should be increased rather than decreased and 57% support a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.

Biden's immigration proposals could have major impact in NC

Joe Biden has given himself an imposing to-do list for his earliest days as president and many promises to keep over the longer haul.

Joe Biden's hefty to-do list starts with a flurry of orders

Joe Biden has given himself an imposing to-do list for his earliest days as president and many promises to keep over the longer haul.

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press

Judge orders Trump administration to accept new DACA applications

The Trump administration must begin accepting new applications for the Obama-era program that shields undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children from deportation, a federal judge ruled Friday.

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN

Justices Appear Inclined to Allow Trump to End DACA

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared ready Tuesday to side with the Trump administration in its efforts to shut down a program protecting about 700,000 young immigrants known as Dreamers.

Adam Liptak, New York Times

Supreme Court decision on DACA expected in 2020

The status of hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants is now in the hands of the United States Supreme Court. The high court heard arguments Tuesday over the Trump administration's decision to end the DACA program.

Local community leaders speak about future of DACA

Local community leaders and recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program speak about its future ahead of Supreme Court arguments

Duke students to march in DC in support of DACA

Several people from the Triangle are in Washington, D.C., Tuesday morning, hoping to get a seat inside the Supreme Court for today's arguments over the legality of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

Duke students head to DC to show support for DACA

When the United States Supreme Court on Tuesday deliberates a program that protected young people brought to this country illegally, several students from Duke University will be in Washington, D.C., to make sure they are heard.

Sarah Krueger, WRAL Durham reporter

'Dreamers' from Duke will be in Washington, D.C., when Supreme Court debates immigration act

Tomorrow, when the United States Supreme Court deliberates a program that protected young people brought to this country illegally, several students from Duke University will be in Washington, D.C., to make sure they are heard.

She's fighting cancer. Her son is fighting her deportation.

It is a common occurrence: an unauthorized immigrant gets pulled over for a traffic violation, ends up in detention and swiftly is removed from the United States. In the case of Tania Romero, a Honduran mother of four who was arrested recently in Georgia, a deportation could happen within days.

Miriam Jordan, New York Times

Supreme Court takes up LGBT right, abortion, DACA and more in fall term

The nine Supreme Court justices will return to the relative quiet of their marble-lined corridors and majestic chamber Monday to face an explosive docket of cases on issues such as abortion, immigration, the Second Amendment and LGBT rights.

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter

Trump has right to end DACA, Justice Department tells Supreme Court

WASHINGTON -- Justice Department lawyers told the Supreme Court on Monday that President Donald Trump acted lawfully in September 2017 when he decided to end an Obama-era program that protects young unauthorized immigrants from deportation.

Michael D. Shear, New York Times

Student advocates head to DC to discuss DACA, ICE

Students from Raleigh's Hispanic community headed to Washington, D.C., on Monday to meet with lawmakers for the next two days.

Following Sanford ICE raid, group wants Lee County schools to support undocumented families

A group is expected to go before the Lee County school board Tuesday evening in order to bring attention to a recent raid by immigration officials that resulted in 27 people being taken into custody.

Amanda Lamb, WRAL reporter

CRISTIAN FARIAS: Janet Napolitano on DACA's enduring legacy

For all his efforts to undo the work of the prior administration, President Donald Trump's most striking failure has been his attempt to reverse the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. As secretary of homeland security under President Barack Obama, Janet Napolitano signed the memorandum that put DACA in place. In a legal twist, she's now defending her handiwork in court, this time as president of the University of California, which has thousands of DACA students and is suing to stop the DACA reversal.

Supreme Court again takes no action on DACA, leaving policy in effect for now

The Supreme Court on Tuesday once again did not act on the Trump's administration's effort to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, leaving protections for nearly 700,000 undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children in place for at least the next several months.

By Priscilla Alvarez and Ariane de Vogue, CNN

Spellings to leave as UNC president, sources say

University of North Carolina President Margaret Spellings plans to step down as the chief executive of the 17-campus system, sources told WRAL News on Thursday.

Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor

'He is Mexican, but he is not made in Mexico': Life without DACA would mean new dreams for this NC 'dreamer'

Sam Gomez Olvera is finishing his first year at UNC-Chapel Hill, but he says the Trump administration could threaten his dreams for a future in the United States.

UNC Media Hub / Story: Kiana Cole, Video: Anne Marie Hagerty

Life without DACA would mean new dreams for UNC-Chapel Hill student

Sam is finishing his first year at UNC-Chapel Hill, but he says the Trump administration could threaten his dreams for a future in the United States. Video: Anne Marie Hagerty

Trump signs spending bill, reversing veto threat and avoiding government shutdown

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump signed a $1.3 trillion spending bill into law Friday, avoiding a government shutdown that had suddenly become a possibility when the president vented on Twitter about his frustration with the bipartisan legislation.

JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and MICHAEL D. SHEAR, New York Times