BATON ROUGE, LA – Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry issued the
following statement after a Judge of the United States District Court for the
Southern District of Texas found the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood
Arrivals (DACA) program illegal:
“A federal judge has decided in our favor declaring DACA
unlawful and ruling that the Department of Homeland Security can no longer
approve new applicants into the program. This is a victory not only for the rule of
law; but also for Louisiana taxpayers who have been burdened with the costs of
paying for education, health care, and other benefits for illegal immigrants
who remained in our country under DACA’s protections. I am proud of the
attorneys in my office who have been working to achieve this success. We will
continue fighting to defend the separation of powers, preserve the rule of law,
and end the unconstitutional DACA program.”