Circuit Courts. Once the federal district court has decided a case, the case can be appealed to a United States court of appeal. There are twelve federal circuits that divide the country into different regions. The Fifth Circuit, for example, includes the states of Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
DACA applicants had to be younger than 31 years old when the program began. They also had to prove that they had lived in the United States continuously since June 15, 2007, and that they had arrived in the U.S. before the age of 16.
Sessions described DACA recipients as â800,000 mostly-adult illegal aliens.â But only those brought to the U.S. as children are eligible for DACA. Most were under 7 years old when they arrived in the U.S., according to one study. He also said DACA âcontributed to a surge of unaccompanied minors on the southern border.â