Court Blocks Enforcement Of Regulation Expanding Health Coverage Access For DACA Recipients

On December 9, 2024, a federal judge in North Dakota blocked enforcement of a regulation that extends access to health coverage to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients in 19 states. The opinion was written by Judge Daniel M. Traynor, a Trump appointee.

This lawsuit was brought in August 2024 by a group of 19 Republican state attorneys general led by Kris Kobach of Kansas. Judge Traynor’s ruling granting the challengers’ motion for a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the regulation and a stay on future steps to implement it applies only to the states that joined the lawsuit: Ohio, Idaho, Nebraska, South Carolina, Kansas, Alabama, Virginia, Tennessee, Indiana, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, New...