DACA latest: potential lawsuits, the use of data for deportation and more

LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 05: Immigrants and supporters march past the Metropolitan Detention Center as undocumented people jailed inside tap on the windows in opposition to the President Trump order end to DACA on September 5, 2017 in Los Angeles, United States. The Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program protects young immigrants who grew up in the U.S. after arriving with their undocumented parents from deportation to a foreign country. The executive order by the president removes protection for about 800,000 current 'dreamers', about 200,000 of whom live in Southern California. Congress has the option to replace the policy with legislation before DACA expires on March 5, 2018. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

The fallout continues from yesterday’s announcement by Attorney General Jeff Sessions that DACA is being phased out.

The Trump Administration claims President Obama had no legal authority to create DACA protections for children brought to the U.S. illegally. It’s asking Congress to deal with it. California’s State Attorney Xavier Becerra has vowed to file a lawsuit challenging DACA’s termination.

How would the court battle play out? AirTalk brings you the latest on the political and legal battle over DACA.

Guests:

Domenico Montanaro, lead political editor at NPR, who’s been following the story; he tweets

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Josh Blackman, an associate professor of Law at the South Texas College of Law who specializes in constitutional law; he is the author of “Unprecedented: The Constitutional Challenge to Obamacare” (Public Affairs, 2013); he tweets

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Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia, clinical law professor and director at the Center for Immigrants’ Rights Clinic at Pennsylvania State University; she tweets

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Issie Lapowsky, senior writer for WIRED where she covers national affairs and politics; her latest piece is “The Feds Promised to Protect Dreamer Data. Now What?”; she tweets @issielapowsky