An exterior view of the U.S. Department of Justice headquarters. | Getty

San Francisco-based U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup ordered the administration to resume accepting renewal applications for DACA last week. | Getty

DOJ to appeal ruling that blocked Trump's DACA wind-down

The Justice Department on Tuesday announced plans to appeal a judge's ruling that blocked President Donald Trump from shuttering a program that gave protections and work permits to some people who entered the U.S. illegally as children.

In a ruling last week, San Francisco-based U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup ordered the administration to resume accepting renewal applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, better known as DACA.

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“It defies both law and common sense for DACA ... to somehow be mandated nationwide by a single district court in San Francisco,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a statement Tuesday.