MALDEF Chooses Not To Seek Cert in DACA Case, But The Injunction Will Be Limited To Texas

MALDEF Chooses Not To Seek Cert in DACA Case, But The Injunction Will Be Limited To Texas

Nearly thirteen years after it was announced, DACA will come to an end--in Texas. In March 2025, the Fifth Circuit ruled that DACA was unlawful, but the ruling was limited to the only state found to have standing: Texas. The deadline for MALDEF and other groups to file a cert petition and come and gone. The organization announced that they did not seek cert, in an effort to limit any ruling to Texas and avoid a national ruling. "Yesterday was th…