I have spent the past 18 months with about a thousand other people like me enlisted in the military in one of the worst kinds of limbo I can imagine: waiting for my military basic training to start, but facing the possibility that the country I’ve sworn to die protecting might deport me. read more
A. What is Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals? As the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continues to focus its enforcement resources on the removal of individuals who pose a danger to national security or a risk to public safety, DHS will exercise prosecutorial discretion as appropriate to ensure that enforcement resources are not expended on low priority cases, such as individuals who came to the United States as children and meet other key guidelines. Individuals who demonstrate that they meet the guidelines below may request consideration of deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) for a period of two years, subject to renewal for a period of two years, and may be eligible for employment authorization. read more
Confused about DACA news? It's understandable. Here's a detailed timeline of all the events leading to September 5th, 2017. Read more
The decision by the judge, Nicholas G. Garaufis, presents an opportunity for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to weigh in on a central legal question in the case that has divided federal courts in the past several months: Can controversial statements that Mr. Trump made on the campaign trail be used in litigation against his actions as president?
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On Sept. 5, 2017, 100,000 young Americans got dressed, brushed their teeth and headed to local restaurants where they work as servers, chefs, managers and operators. It should have been like any other day. But on that day, the Trump administration announced an end date for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, kicking off a months-long national debate over the status of the 800,000 Dreamers brought here by their parents. Read more
The Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher pro bono team responded early to the Trump administration announcement that it was rescinding Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Read more
Mary came to the U.S. with her mother when she was seven. Her mom worked in a ski resort hotel and could make more money as a maid there than at a job in Mexico. Mary has now graduated from college with a double major in accounting and business; she finished in four years with no debt. She now works for an accounting firm in Denver. Read more
New GOP poll shows Trump's base wants the wall, but they'll take Dreamers, too Read more
What Is DACAOn June 15, 2012, the Secretary of Homeland Security announced that certain people who came to the United States as children and meet several guidelines may request consideration of deferred action for a period of two years, subject to renewal. They are also eligible for work authorization. Deferred action is a use of prosecutorial discretion to defer removal action against an individual for a certain period of time. Deferred action does not provide lawful status.
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Tijuana, Mexico (CNN)After a difficult, monthlong journey from Central America to the US-Mexico border, dozens of asylum-seeking migrants are vowing to remain outside an immigration processing center until "every last one" is admitted into the country, an organizer with the caravan said late Sunday Read more
Eight women and children travelling in a controversial caravan to seek asylum in the US have been allowed to cross the border. Read more
Upward of 100 people from Central America who traveled north in a so-called "migrant caravan" to seek asylum in the United States woke up on the Mexican side of the border this morning and little action has been taken to change the situation throughout the day. Read more
Vice President Mike Pence visited the Calexico border wall Monday where he received a briefing on the construction of the barrier, got a tour and delivered remarks to Customs and Border Patrol employees. Read more
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, has been looking for an immigration fix for years. But he doesn’t see one in Texas’ efforts to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the Obama-era program that offers temporary status to hundreds of thousands of unauthorized immigrants. Read more
john Kelly, Donald Trump’s chief of staff, last week joined the ranks of senior officials who have reportedly declared that the President is “an idiot,” in this instance because he “doesn’t even understand what daca is.” (Kelly later said that the report, from NBC News, was “total B.S.”) In fairness to Trump, though, few people in his Administration seem to fully grasp the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program—which has been in place since 2012—much less what it means for the seven hundred thousand young people, known as Dreamers, whom it has shielded from deportation. read more
The president made it abundantly clear, intentionally or not, that March and April (and maybe even May) might as well be called “immigration month.” It wasn’t on the official schedule. Or worked out in great detail by White House staff. But the pending March 5 expiration of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, the actions of Oakland’s mayor, a “caravan” moving slowly through Mexico to the border with the United States and the omnibus spending bill catapulted immigration back into the national conversation and very much onto President Trump’s mind. read more
The fight over DACA continues. Last week, seven attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for its failure to end the program that protects hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants, known as DREAMers, from deportation. The lawsuit comes after a D.C. federal judge ruled the program can continue and accept new applications. Attorney General of Louisiana Jeff Landry is one of the attorneys general from the seven states filing the lawsuit, and he joins me now on the line. Good morning. read more
Bank of America illegally denied employment to a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipient, intentionally rejecting the job applicant because of his DACA status, according to a federal lawsuit filed this week in Charlotte. read more
Washington (CNN)The future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program got murkier Tuesday when the Texas attorney general made good on a threat to challenge it in court read more
Applying for college can be stressful for any student, but Rosa Sanchez says her immigration status has made it worse. read more
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) -- Arkansas joins six other states in a lawsuit looking to bring an end to DACA, an Obama era program that shields certain undocumented people from being deported. In the lawsuit, the attorneys general urge the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas to declare DACA unlawful and stop the program from issuing or renewing permits in the future. Read more
Doesn’t Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton have anything better to do with the time of state-employed lawyers and our taxpayer money than to file lawsuits that don’t benefit Texas?We’re talking about the suit he filed last week against the federal government, demanding it end DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, that began under the Obama administration.Most Texans say they support allowing the immigrants who came here as children to remain legally and hold down jobs. Nearly three-fifths - 59 percent of registered voters in our state - recently contacted by University of Texas-Texas Tribune pollsters, said the DACA program should be continued. Read more
The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from a group of immigrant students who are seeking to pay in-state tuition at the state’s public colleges and universities.Last fall, the state court of appeals reversed a lower court’s decision that would have allowed students with DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhoods Arrivals, to pay in-state rates. The program allows young people who were brought to the country illegally as children to have temporary protection from deportation and permission to work in the country legally. Read more
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