1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Legal SidebarLegal Sidebari i DACA Rescission: Legal Issues and Litigation Status May 23, 2018 On September 5, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a memorandum announcing its decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Ch
2、ildhood Arrivals initiative (DACA), which the Obama Administration implemented in 2012 to provide temporary relief from removal and work authorization, among other benefits, to certain unlawfully present aliens who arrived in the United States as children. As justification for the rescission, DHS re
3、lied upon a letter from Attorney General Sessions concluding that DACA was illegalspecifically, that it lacked “proper statutory authority,” was “an unconstitutional exercise of authority by the Executive Branch,” and would likely be enjoined in “potentially imminent litigation.” Litigation has ensu
4、ed at cross purposes. DACA recipients and other parties, including states and universities, filed lawsuits in four federal district courts challenging the rescission as unlawful. Two of those district courts have issued nationwide preliminary injunctions that currently require DHS to continue proces
