San Jose joins a new DACA appeal fight

San Jose is joining a national fight to protect undocumented residents as a federal court gets ready to once again deliberate the decade-old DACA program.

The San Jose City Council unanimously voted this week to join the Los Angeles city and county’s legal brief that claims dismantling the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, would be costly and catastrophic for local families. The legal brief is in response to a federal case that is heading back to the Southern District of Texas court after years of ruling challenges whether the program, which protects the children of undocumented immigrants from deportation, is lawful.