Fifth Circuit court rulings block Deferred Action Programs for undocumented migrants and raise questions about birthright citizenship in the U.S.

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On 9 November, the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of appeals declined to lift an injunction that prevents the implementation of Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) programme and the expansion of the already- existing Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Following their adoption, these programmes, which would protect from deportation over four million unauthorised migrants, have been challenged in 26 federal states and enjoined by a federal judge in Texas.

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