The Supreme Court of the United States inflicted a snub on Donald Trump, Thursday, July 18, by validating the protections granted by his predecessor to 700,000 young migrants he wanted to remove.

In a decision taken by a small majority (five judges out of nine), the high court considered "arbitrary" and "capricious" the decision of the Republican administration to remove these provisions.

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Democratic President Barack Obama had already lifted in 2012 the threat of expulsion hanging over these "Dreamers", the nickname given to immigrants under the age of 30, who arrived illegally in their childhood in the United States, and had given them a social security number, a key to working, driving or studying in the United States.

This program called Daca (for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) made it possible to provide young undocumented migrants, arrived on American territory before 16 years of age and without a criminal record, the equivalent of a residence permit for valid for two years, renewable.

In 2017, his Republican successor, who made the fight against illegal immigration one of his workhorses, decided to end this program, declaring it "illegal".

The government "failed" to provide "a reasoned explanation for its action"

Urgently seized, courts had suspended its decision, offering respite to the "Dreamers". The government then appealed to the highest court, which ultimately decided to rule it out for procedural reasons.

"We do not say to ourselves whether DACA or its abolition were well-founded policies. The 'wisdom' of these decisions 'is not our responsibility'," wrote Chief Justice John Roberts, who joined his voice to his four progressive colleagues.

"We only tried to find out if the government had followed the procedural obligations and provided a reasoned explanation for its action," he continued. And in this file "he failed", he concluded.

With AFP

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