A report published by the U.S. Office of Special Counsel found that 13 Trump administration officials violated the Hatch Act, which prohibits government employees from engaging in campaign activity. “Taken together, the report concludes that the violations demonstrate both a willingness by some in the Trump administration to leverage the …
Read More »Federal judge says DACA ‘Violates the Law’, blocks new applications
A federal judge has issued a decision Friday that blocks new DACA applications, after Texas and several other states filed a lawsuit against the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen sided with the states in his ruling, agreeing that then-President Barack Obama had overstepped his …
Read More »New DACA Rules Are Invalid
In a ruling on Saturday, a federal judge ruled that Chad Wolf was not legally serving as acting Homeland Security secretary when he signed rules limiting applications and renewals for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Those rules are now invalid. DACA is the program that started under the …
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