--- title: Texas, Six States Sue Trump Administration to End DACA description: Texas and six other states filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Obama-era DACA program canonical: https://time.com/5262275/daca-dreamers-immigration-texas-states-lawsuit/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-02T01:10:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T20:09:00.314Z article:section: Politics og:title: Texas and 6 Other States Sue Trump Administration to End DACA og:description: The states challenged the lawfulness of the program og:url: https://time.com/5262275/daca-dreamers-immigration-texas-states-lawsuit/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3227b4887ea01404/69892f4c22fb8508aee25811/gettyimages-845453698.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4000 og:image:height: 2250 og:image:alt: US-IMMIFRATION-DACA-PROTEST og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Texas and 6 Other States Sue Trump Administration to End DACA twitter:description: The states challenged the lawfulness of the program twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3227b4887ea01404/69892f4c22fb8508aee25811/gettyimages-845453698.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Texas and Six Other States Are Suing the Trump Administration to End DACA > Sponsored content. 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Robyn Beck—AFP/Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. May 2, 2018 1:10 AM UTC Texas and six other states have filed a federal lawsuit to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Known as DACA, the Obama-era program [protects undocumented immigrants](http://time.com/5261748/daca-dreamers-immigration-college-scholarships/) brought to the U.S. as children from deportation, allowing them to attend school and work. DACA has helped about 700,000 undocumented immigrants and now faces a shaky future after President Donald Trump [promised to end the program](http://time.com/5212543/donald-trump-veto-daca-democrats/). But the new lawsuit, brought forth by Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Carolina and West Virginia, indicates that Republicans are frustrated by Trump’s efforts to end DACA. Last September, Trump announced the end of the program, giving Congress until March 5 to figure out a solution. The deadline passed without any legislation from lawmakers, and last week, a federal judge [ruled against ](http://time.com/5253724/donald-trump-daca-judge-unlawful/)the Trump administration’s decision, giving it 90 days to explain why DACA is unlawful. On Tuesday, [Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton](https://texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/video-and-text-of-ag-paxtons-remarks-at-press-conference-announcing-7-state) filed the lawsuit because judicial rulings have forced Trump “to leave an unlawful program in place indefinitely as legal challenges drag on.” The lawsuit argues that the executive branch cannot “unilaterally grant unlawfully present aliens lawful presence and work authorization.” “Left intact, DACA sets a dangerous precedent by giving the executive branch sweeping authority to ignore the laws enacted by Congress and change our nation’s immigration laws to suit a president’s own policy preferences,” Paxton said at a press conference. “The danger DACA poses goes far beyond its consequences for our immigration system. 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