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Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The 5-4 ruling concludes that the Trump Administration violated the Administrative Procedures Act when terminating the program, and therefore the program remains in effect. The majority opinion, authored by Chief Justice Roberts, will impact the lives of nearly 700,000 DACA recipients, many of whom are students, parents, and workers.
“Tonight more than a quarter of a million young children can sleep a little better, knowing that their parents will not be taken from them tomorrow by the Trump administration’s illegal cancellation of DACA,” said Olivia Golden, executive director of the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP). “All children and parents deserve the security of knowing that when they wake up, their families will still be together. We applaud the Supreme Court for recognizing the harm this administration would cause and refusing to let them cancel this program illegally, especially during a public health crisis.”
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CLASP’s youth and young adult mental health framework calls for policies that increase access to healing, transformative mental health supports for this population. In the first of the Unlocking Transformation and Healing series (read the executive summary here), this brief outlines policy solutions that expand virtual and community-based access to care and are particularly effective for meeting the needs of youth and young adults.
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