A federal judge in California issued a nationwide preliminary injunction Tuesday blocking the Trump administration's decision to phase out an Obama-era program that shielded young undocumented immigrants from deportation.
The ruling halted the administration's plans not to renew work permits for most of the 690,000 immigrants protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which was created in 2012. Anyone who had the status when the program was rescinded Sept. 5 can renew it, officials said.
The injunction by U.S. District Judge William Alsup effectively restores DACA to the status quo before Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the decision to terminate the program.
Under the administration's plan, thousands of young undocumented immigrants were set to start losing their work permits, and their protection from deportation, March 5.
