On Sept. 5, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security began an
"orderly wind down" of Deferred Action for Childhood
Arrivals (DACA). DACA, and a related program, Deferred Action for
Parents of Americans (DAPA), were created by executive order of
President Barack Obama in 2012. As the result of a lawsuit brought
by several states against the DAPA program, DAPA was rescinded
after courts determined that legal and constitutional problems
existed with the program.
In June 2017, several states informed the U.S. Attorney General
that if the DACA program also was not rescinded by Sept. 5, the
lawsuit would be amended to include the DACA program. Attorney
General Jeff Sessions conducted a review and determined that the
DACA program was created in a similar manner, and had similar
"legal and constitutional defects." Sessions determined
that courts would likely find problems similar to those found with
the DAPA program, and lead to similar results. In complying with
the Sept. 5
