Federal judge shuts down DOJ, DHS for a second time in DACA lawsuit

The federal judge who had ruled in April that the Trump administration’s reason for rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program ruled again Friday that the Department of Homeland Security’s reason for dissolving the Obama-era operation will not stand up in court and ordered the White House to continue it.

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge John Bates said in two civil suits brought by the Princeton University trustees and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People that three months after being given a chance to respond to his initial dismissal, the Justice Department failed to make a case for why President Trump allowed DACA to expire.