15 states, D.C. file lawsuit challenging Trump's DACA shutdown

[brooklynite]

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Source: Los Angeles Times

Fifteen states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit here Wednesday challenging President Trump's plan to end a program protecting young immigrants from deportation.

The suit was first announced by Washington state Atty. Gen. Bob Ferguson, who called Trump's act “a dark time for our country.”

Plaintiffs include New York, Massachusetts, Washington, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Virginia

On Tuesday, U.S. Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions said the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, will end in six months, giving Congress time to find a legislative solution for the immigrants.



Read more: http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-dreamers-decision-live-updates-washington-state-says-it-will-join-with-1504720942-htmlstory.html

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Duplicate of LBN story on Home page. Exepect this thread to be locked.

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https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141861205

[Gothmog]

2. I look forward to reading this lawsuit

[procon]

3. And so it begins... nt

[cannabis_flower]

4. What is it..

that makes New Mexico so different from Texas and Arizona?

[Cold War Spook]

5. Could someone tell me if I am right or wrong.

Every person on American soil is protected, supposedly, by the Constitution. Before a person can be deported, not people caught at the border, he or she is entitled to a hearing before an immigration judge. If the judge rules for deportation, the person has the right to an appeal. If this is the case, and there are less than 800 immigration judges that means every judge has to hear 1,000 cases. This is after the 500,000 cases that have already backlogged the system.

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. Locking - duplicate thread

of https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141861205 . Please continue discussion there. Thanks.