U.S. District Judge John Bates on Tuesday rejected the Department of Homeland Security's legal reasoning for the decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. In his opinion, Bates, a Republican appointee, said the agency "failed adequately to explain its conclusion that the program was unlawful." He gave the Department of Homeland Security three months to come up with a better reason for ending the program, and said if they couldn't do this, DACA would be restored.