A federal judge in Texas ruled Friday that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program a policy that lets undocumented immigrants who were brought into the U.S. as minors stay in the country is illegal and must be suspended.

In his ruling , Judge Andrew Hanen ordered President Joe Biden s administration to stop approving new DACA requests from such immigrants, referred to as Dreamers, once again upending the Obama-era policy Biden had just revived in January.

The decision by Hanen, an appointee of former President George W. Bush known for his harsh rulings on immigration matters , does not have any bearing on current DACA recipients, nor does it affect their ability to renew their DACA grants.

In his ruling, he deemed DACA an illegally implemented program and stated that the public interest of the nation is always served by the cessation of a program that was created in violation of law and whose existence violates the law.

Hanen also writes that the presence of DACA recipients contributes to a more competitive labor market, which makes it more difficult for legal residents of Texas to obtain work. But economists have long said theres no evidence of such a problem, and DACA recipients may even provide a boost to the economy, as they are likely be employed in higher-skilled jobs.