Paxton’s legal threat convinces Trump administration to wind down DACA

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Tuesday, the Trump Administration announced a “wind down” of the DACA program — Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — which protected people who came to the U.S. illegally as children from being deported.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton threatened to sue the administration for continuing a program brought by “executive overreach” if the program was continued past Sept. 5.
Citing possible Texas litigation, which included nine other st