Jimena Bustillo

The decision comes from the Board of Immigration Appeals, which is an administrative court that hears appeals from immigration courts.

Both are part of the Justice Department.

This case centers on a DACA recipient who was detained by Customs and Border Protection while boarding a domestic flight last summer.

She was later released from immigration detention in October, and a federal immigration judge said that her DACA status protected her from deportation.

The Department of Homeland Security has appealed.

It argues that DACA protections are not absolute and are subject to discretion.

Jimena Bustillo, NPR News.

The Trump administration will resume reviewing asylum applications after a four-month pause.

The agency announced the freeze in November after an Afghan national was charged with shooting two National Guard members, killing one of them.

The decision left millions of pending asylum applications at U.S.

Citizenship and Immigration Services in limbo.

Now the pause is only in effect for about 40 countries, all which have travel restrictions to the U.S.,

In a statement, the agency says that the new policy allows for resources to focus on national security and public safety vetting for higher risk cases.

Ximena Bustillo, NPR News, Washington.

He's going to have a lot to juggle.

Trump says that he could take over by the end of March, though, of course, he will have to get confirmed by the Senate.

And it is unclear whether the agency will be funded by Congress by then.

There is bipartisan consensus that there's a lack of trust in federal immigration enforcement officers.

The new policy from the Homeland Security Department says immigrants who came to the U.S.

as refugees could be detained if they do not have their green cards within a year of arriving.