Maria Nieto Orta was driving home to Las Vegas last week from a family vacation in Utah when she found out about a federal judge’s decision to close the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, to first-time applicants.

With a federal judge in Texas ruling on Friday against the Obama-initiated program protecting young undocumented immigrants from deportation, college students who receive the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) are understandably concerned about what comes next.

The UNLV Immigration Clinic received a state appropriation that will allow it to expand services for members of Nevada’s undocumented community facing deportation.

A federal judge in Texas on Friday ruled unlawful the program that has shielded from deportation hundreds of thousands of young adults living in the U.S. illegally. The ruling throws into question yet again the fate of migrants known as Dreamers.

The judge said President Barack Obama exceeded his authority when he created the program, but for now people protected under it will retain the ability to stay and work in the United States.

A federal judge in Texas rules that the Dreamers program, protecting about 650,000 young people from deportation, is unlawful.

Immigration advocates, families and supporters gathered Thursday evening outside the federal courthouse in downtown Las Vegas, waving American flags and toting signs demanding legal residency for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders.

Progressives are livid at Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V. — once again.