Biden DOJ Uses Abortion-Pill Decision to Fight DACA Lawsuits

President Biden continues his unilateral decrees expanding categories of illegal aliens — now it’s aliens who’ve entered illegally and claim to be spouses of Americans — through his lawless “deferred action” and “parole” gambits. (See our editorial, commentary by Charlie, and James’s news report; I will say my piece on the matter on Saturday.) Simultaneously, the Biden administration is struggling to fight off a serious multi-state challenge to Deferred Action for Child Arrivals, or DACA, the 2012 Obama–Biden program that is the foundation of these gambits.

In the latter effort, the Biden Justice Department has wasted no time trying to capitalize on the Supreme Court’s reaffirmation of tight strictures on standing to sue. The DOJ has fired off a letter to the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals arguing that the states challenging DACA lack standing, citing as justification for its position the decision in last week’s “abortion pill” case — FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine.

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

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President Biden continues his unilateral decrees expanding categories of illegal aliens — now it’s aliens who’ve entered illegally and claim to be spouses of Americans — through his lawless “deferred action” and “parole” gambits. (See our editorial, commentary by Charlie, and James’s news report; I will say my piece on the matter on Saturday.) Simultaneously, the Biden administration is struggling to fight off a serious multi-state challenge to Deferred Action for Child Arrivals, or DACA, the 2012 Obama–Biden program that is the foundation of these gambits.

In the latter effort, the Biden Justice Department has wasted no time trying to capitalize on the Supreme Court’s reaffirmation of tight strictures on standing to sue. The DOJ has fired off a letter to the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals arguing that the states challenging DACA lack standing, citing as justification for its position the decision in last week’s “abortion pill” case — FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine.

About the Author

Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.