President Donald Trump has sought to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program since 2017 but a lower court barred the administration from doing so. The case was taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court and today, in a 5-4 decision with Chief Justice John Roberts being the deciding opinion, the justices upheld the lower court’s ruling.
Governor Reeves maintains that the response to this emergency is under his purview as the state’s chief executive, and he should be allowed to act with discretion in a manner previous chief executives of the State of Mississippi have over the 40 years.
We would not have found out about this without somebody coming forward to the Auditor’s office and letting us know, and that person, in this case, was Governor Phil Bryant.
