DACA’s Fate in Doubt as Case Starts Path Back to Supreme Court

A recent federal court ruling declaring DACA unlawful jump starts the immigration program’s eventual pathway back to the US Supreme Court, three years after the justices stymied a Trump administration attempt to end it and seven years after a split court declined to rule on its legality.

The Biden administration is expected to appeal the latest case to the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which found the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program unlawful last year, but without considering the regulations.

How soon that court rules on the case will determine when it could land before ...