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Immigration Debate Shifts To Texas Judge Who Blocked 2015 DACA Expansion

Seven states are asking Judge Andrew Hanen for a preliminary injunction to force the government to reject renewals for young people currently enrolled in DACA and stop accepting new applications.

In a federal courtroom in Texas today, the debate over the Trump administration's immigration policies shifts from separated families to another group of young immigrants.

They are the ones who were brought to the United States as children and grew up here. About 700,000 young people were protected from.

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