5th Circuit weighs fate of DACA in case likely headed to Supreme Court

Immigration advocates are on edge as a lawsuit against the popular Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program makes its way through the courts, adding uncertainty to the lives of more than half a million U.S. residents.

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, as the program is formally known, has so far survived a litany of court challenges, but it is on the ropes amid a Texas-led lawsuit that challenges its very legality.

On Thursday, a three-judge panel of the...