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Published annually since 1972, the Historic Documents series has made primary source research easy by presenting excerpts from documents on the important events of each year for the United States and the World. Each volume pairs 60 to 70 original background narratives with well over 100 documents to chronicle the major events of the year, from official reports and surveys to speeches from leaders and opinion makers, to court cases, legislation, testimony, and much more. Historic Documents is renowned for the well-written and informative background, history, and context it provides for each document. Organized chronologically, each volume covers the same wide range of topics: business, the economy and labor; energy, environment, science, technology, and transportation; government and politics; health and social services; international affairs; national security and terrorism; and rights and justice. Each volume begins with an insightful essay that sets the year’s events in context, and each document or group of documents is preceded by a comprehensive introduction that provides background information on the event. Full-source citations are provided. Readers have easy access to material through a detailed, thematic table of contents, and each event includes references to related coverage and documents from the last ten editions of the series.
Supreme Court Rules on DACA Program : June 18, 2020
Supreme Court Rules on DACA Program : June 18, 2020
On June 18, 2020, the Supreme Court halted the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a program that provided temporary protection from deportation to more than seven hundred thousand young undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children. In Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California, the Court ruled that the administration had not made any effort to provide a reasoned explanation for its action, as required by federal law. The ruling, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, reiterated multiple times that it was not making any judgment about whether DACA was sound ...
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