There is much hue and cry over a federal district court judge possibly blocking the
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
In a lawsuit filed by Kansas Secretary of State, Kris Kobach, on behalf of ICE Union head, Christopher Crane, challenging the DACA program, Judge Reed O’Connor (Northern District of Texas) has
indicated that he is likely to find that the program violates federal law.
Previously, Judge O’ Connor had
ruled that agents with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement had standing to bring suit as the prosecutorial discretion directive urged them to violate federal law, and the agents believed that by not following the directive, they would be subject to discipline and other adverse employment consequences.