US justice department to appeal Daca court decision, says Biden

Texas federal judge's ruling prevents government from approving new applications but doesn't affect current recipients

Joe Biden has said the US Department of Justice intends on appealing a new court decision that effectively halts an Obama-era program aimed at protecting young immigrants from deportation.

Texas federal judge Andrew Hanen on Friday deemed illegal the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) program. This program prevents the deportation of immigrants who were brought to the US unlawfully as children, known as Dreamers".