Justice Department weighing potential deal on DACA documents request

Published November 21, 2017 6:12pm ET



Attorneys on both sides of a case concerning sensitive documents related to President Trump’s decision to terminate a program for undocumented youth are working to strike a deal before Wednesday to avoid a potential Supreme Court fight, according to a source with knowledge of the deliberations.

Justice Department lawyers said the agency would appeal to the nation’s highest court last Friday, after a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court rejected the Trump administration’s request to stop a federal judge from forcing the release of internal emails, memos, and other documents in which administration officials and White House aides weighed whether to terminate the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

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