President Biden is pictured on the left with pro-DACA protesters on the right. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images and Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
In his first term, Trump attempted to end DACA, but he also made statements expressing his desire for Dreamers to be permitted to stay in the U.S.
Obama introduced DACA in 2012, citing inaction by Congress on legislation aimed at giving those brought to the U.S. as children a path to legal status. Legal battles followed, including two trips to the Supreme Court.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton led the latest challenge to the DACA program. (Dylan Hollingsworth/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
"I look forward to working with President-elect Donald Trump to ensure that the rule of law is restored, and the illegal immigration crisis is finally stopped," Paxton said.
The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
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In 2016, with one vacancy on the Supreme Court, the justices deadlocked 4-4 over an expanded DACA and a version of the program for parents of DACA recipients, keeping in place a lower court decision for the benefits to be blocked. In 2020, the high court ruled 5-4 that the Trump administration improperly ended DACA by failing to follow federal procedures, allowing it to stay in place.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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