DACA: Paving the Way for Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Amid mass protesting for the rights of one marginalized group, there was a huge legal victory for another. On June 18, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in a 5-4 decision. This decision blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to rescind the program, meaning that the hundreds of thousands of DACA recipients across the country are now safe from deportation. However, this ruling did not support DACA so much as it chastised the Trump administration’s rescission of the program. Since the Court did not rule about the merits of DACA, President Trump will likely attempt to rescind it again, leaving DACA recipients in legal limbo…