Steve was quoted by several news outlets, including the Associated Press, in DACA Recipients Worry Their Protection From Deportation Won’t Last Another Trump Term. He said the most likely scenario is that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit will affirm that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is illegal and that the case will then go to the Supreme Court. He does not anticipate President-elect Trump immediately trying to end DACA when he takes office but did not rule out the possibility. “I don’t know that they could actually terminate the program any faster than the current ligation is going. They could still do it, but they’ve got an awful lot of immigration policy matters on their plate.” Steve said that the Biden administration is limited in how it could help DACA recipients at this stage, but it could enable recipients to renew their permits early and process them as quickly as possible.
