Immigrants Have Right to Due Process Before DACA Revocation (1)

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients have due process rights despite not having a right to remain in the U.S., a federal judge in California ruled.

The April 19 order from Judge Philip S. Gutierrez of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California allows a class action over revocation of DACA status to proceed against the Homeland Security Department. Gutierrez in February issued a preliminary order requiring the DHS to stop automatically revoking DACA based solely on an immigrant receiving a “notice to appear” for removal proceedings.

Since that order, more than 400 DACA recipients whose status ...