DACA to remain in effect while Trump administration asks Supreme Court to overturn judge's order
Photo A rally in Washington last month in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The federal government said on Saturday it would resume accepting renewal requests from those already participating in the program. Credit Al Drago for The New York Times The federal government said on Saturday that it would resume accepting renewal requests for a program that shields from deportation young immigrants who were brought illegally to the United States as children.In a statement United States Citizenship and Immigration Services said that until further notice the Obama-era program Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals known as DACA will be operated on the terms in place before it was rescinded in September when President Trump moved to end it.The decision came after a federal judge in California issued a nationwide injunction on Tuesday ordering the Trump administration to resume the DACA program.The agency said on Saturday that people who were previously granted deferred action under the program could request a renewal if it had expired on or after Sept. 5 2016. People who had previously received DACA but whose deferred action had expired before Sept. 5 2016 cannot renew but can instead file a new request the agency said. It noted that the same instructions apply to anyone whose deferred action had been terminated. Advertisement Continue reading the main story But officials also said they were not accepting requests from individuals who have never been granted deferred action under DACA. Continue reading the main story
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants all of his followers on the social media site to put down the keyboard and make a quick phone call to Congress. In a post to his timeline Mr Zuckerburg urged his followers to ring up their representatives to urge them to stand up to protect so-called Dreamers in the United States. Every day that Congress doesn t act more Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients are losing their status Mr Zuckerberg began his note. Dreamers are members of our communities and there are 800 000 http://cs.amsnow.com/members/kkgoib/default.aspx living in fear with no ability to plan for the future. Read more Trump administration will ask Supreme Court to let it end DACA President Donald Trump announced last year that his administration would end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program last year and punted responsibility to Congress to find a legislative buoy for the hundreds of thousands of young people who could face deportation if an immigration fix isn t found. Congress is currently considering proposals to help the DACA recipients as a part of a spending bill that is necessary to keep the government funded past this week though it is far from certain that DACA provisions will be included. The program which was started by Mr Trump s predecessor President Barack Obama has allowed young undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children to apply for temporary legal status and begin to work. The program was initiated as a way to help those immigrants come out of the shadows and has led many to pursue higher education and invest in their futures. People strike across America for A Day Without Immigrants 16 show all People strike across America for A Day Without Immigrants 1/16 Demonstrators march during the Day Without Immigrants protest in Chicago Illinois February 16 2017. Theopolis Waters/Reuters 2/16 Demonstrators march during the Day Without Immigrants protest in Washington DC U.S. February 16 2017. Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters 3/16 Protesters march in the streets outside the Texas State Capital on A Day Without Immigrants February 16 2017 in Austin Texas. The crowd which grew to well over a thousand participants marched from the Austin City Hall to the Texas State Capital. Across the country hundreds of restaurants and eateries are closing for the day to protest President Trump s immigration policies and to highlight the contributions of immigrants to U.S. business and life. Drew Anthony Smith/Getty 4/16 Protesters march in the streets outside the Texas State Capital on A Day Without Immigrants February 16 2017 in Austin Texas. Drew Anthony Smith/Getty 5/16 AUSTIN TX - FEBRUARY 16: Protesters march in the streets outside the Texas State Capital on A Day Without Immigrants February 16 2017 in Austin Texas. Drew Anthony Smith/Getty 6/16 Demonstrators march during the Day Without Immigrants protest in Chicago Illinois February 16 2017. Theopolis Waters/Reuters 7/16 Demonstrators march during the Day Without Immigrants protest in Chicago Illinois February 16 2017. Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters 8/16 Protesters march in the streets outside the Texas State Capital on A Day Without Immigrants February 16 2017 in Austin Texas. The crowd which grew to well over a thousand participants marched from the Austin City Hall to the Texas State Capital. Across the country hundreds of restaurants and eateries are closing for the day to protest President Trump s immigration policies and to highlight the contributions of immigrants to U.S. business and life. Drew Anthony Smith/Getty 9/16 Protesters march in the streets outside the Texas State Capital on A Day Without Immigrants February 16 2017 in Austin Texas. Drew Anthony Smith/Getty 10/16 Protesters march in the streets outside the Texas State Capital on A Day Without Immigrants February 16 2017 in Austin Texas. Drew Anthony Smith/Getty 11/16 Protesters march in the streets outside the Texas State Capital on A Day Without Immigrants February 16 2017 in Austin Texas. Drew Anthony Smith/Getty 12/16 Protesters march in the streets outside the Texas State Capital on A Day Without Immigrants February 16 2017 in Austin Texas. Drew Anthony Smith/Getty 13/16 Protesters march in the streets outside the Texas State Capital on A Day Without Immigrants February 16 2017 in Austin Texas. Drew Anthony Smith/Getty 14/16 Protesters march in the streets outside the Texas State Capital on A Day Without Immigrants February 16 2017 in Austin Texas. The crowd which grew to well over a thousand participants marched from the Austin City Hall to the Texas State Capital. Across the country hundreds of restaurants and eateries are closing for the day to protest President Trump s immigration policies and to highlight the contributions of immigrants to U.S. business and life. Drew Anthony Smith/Getty 15/16 High school student Kathia Suarez holds up a sign as she protests with others outside the Grayson County courthouse in downtown Sherman Texas Thursday Feb. 16 2017. LM Otero/AP 16/16 High school senior Vicky Sosa holds a sign outside the Grayson County courthouse in downtown Sherman Texas Thursday Feb. 16 2017. In an action called A Day Without Immigrants immigrants across the country are expected to stay home from school work and close businesses to show how critical they are to the U.S. economy and way of life. LM Otero/AP Mr Zuckerberg whose company spends considerable sums lobbying on immigration issues especially in favor of high tech immigrant visas said that he feels optimistic that something will ultimately end up working out. I m optimistic this will get solved. There s been some good bipartisan momentum on legislation recently. From my conversations with leaders in Congress I believe they want to fix this but we need to keep the pressure on so they know we ll hold them accountable Mr Zuckerberg wrote in the Facebook post. I ve been calling members of Congress and you can help by calling your Congressman or Congresswoman too right now. More about: Donald Trump DACA Mark Zuckerberg Reuse content
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ALSO READ Trump admin resumes accepting DACA renewals US judge orders Trump to partially revive Dreamers programme US judge blocks Trump s DACA ban Mexico wall must for DACA approval: Trump Trump calls US court system unfair after DACA ruling span.p-content div id =div-gpt line-height: 0px; font-size: 0px; United States President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) a programme that protects certain illegal immigrants from being deported is probably dead as the Democrats do not want it. DACA is probably dead because the Democrats don t really want it they just want to talk and take desperately needed money away from our Military Trump said on Twitter. The tweet comes as the Trump administration has resumed accepting DACA renewal requests as a result of a federal court order.Trump had earlier called the country s court system unfair after a federal judge in San Francisco temporarily blocked his administration from banning the DACA programme.The latest ruling comes at a time when Trump is advocating against the illegal migrants living in the U. S. and is lobbying to build a border along the US-Mexico border to stop its infiltration.Trump had announced in September that he would repeal the programme which allows certain immigrants who arrived in the U. S. illegally as children to stay and work without fear of being deported.(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
US immigration What s next for Dreamers after court blocks Trump s plan to end Daca? A primer on the district judge s ruling Trump s response and what this all will mean for Trump s negotiations with Congress on the future of immigration Lauren Gambino in Washington @laurenegambino Wed 10 Jan 2018 18.25 GMT Last modified on Wed 10 Jan 2018 19.35 GMT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email View more sharing options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Google Share on WhatsApp Share on Messenger Close A rally in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) in front of the White House in Washington DC on 5 September 2017. Photograph: Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images On Tuesday a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from ending an Obama-era program that shielded from deportation young undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children. What happens next for the Dreamers and how does it affect Donald Trump s negotiations with Congress on the future of immigration? Trump touts bill of love for Dreamers and raises sweeping immigration reform Read more What happened? District Judge William Alsup ruled late on Tuesday that the Trump administration must maintain the Daca Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program on a nationwide basis while courts decide how to ultimately rule on the president s order. Daca was established by the Obama administration in 2012 after Congress repeatedly failed to enact legislation that would protect these young immigrants known as Dreamers from deportation. The program has allowed nearly 800 000 young immigrants to work and go to school in the US without fear of deportation. The US attorney general Jeff Sessions rescinded the program in September saying the Obama administration s actions were unconstitutional and an overreach of executive authority. The administration gave Congress a six-month deadline until 5 March to find a legislative solution. If Congress fails to act by 5 March Daca recipients would lose their legal status and could face deportation to countries that they left as children and hardly know. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Donald Trump listens during a meeting with legislators on immigration reform at the White House on Tuesday. Photograph: Contre/Sipa USA/Rex/Shutterstock How did Trump respond? Trump predictably was not pleased with the ruling and expressed his discontent on Twitter. It just shows everyone how broken and unfair our Court System is when the opposing side in a case (such as DACA) always runs to the 9th Circuit and almost always wins before being reversed by higher courts he said on Twitter. The White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said the decision was outrageous especially in light of the president s successful bipartisan meeting with House and Senate members at the White House on the same day . What happens next? In response to the ruling the administration signaled that it would appeal a step that could take the case all the way to the US supreme court. The justice department will continue to vigorously defend this position and looks forward to vindicating its position in further litigation said Devin O Malley a spokesman for the justice department. Further legal action injects another layer of uncertainty into the fate of the Dreamers if the future of the program is tied up in court for weeks or even months. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Dreamers meet with relatives at a new section of the wall on the US-Mexico border in Sunland Park New Mexico on 10 December 2017. Photograph: Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters What does this mean for Dreamers? In his ruling Alsup ordered the Trump administration to restart the program allowing Daca recipients who already qualify for the program to submit applications for renewal. However he said the federal government did not have to process new applications from people who had not previously received protection under the program. When the Trump administration ended the Daca program it allowed Daca recipients whose legal status expired on or before 5 March to renew their legal status. Roughly 22 000 recipients failed to successfully renew their legal status for various reasons. Legal experts and immigration advocates are advising Daca recipients not to file for renewal until the administration provides more information about how it intends to comply with the ruling. These next days and weeks are going to create a lot of confusion on the legal front said Marielena Hincapie executive director of the National Immigration Law Center which has filed a separate lawsuit against the Trump administration s termination of Daca. How does this affect the current immigration negotiations? Democrats and Republicans in Congress are currently engaged in an intense negotiation over an immigration compromise that would include a legislative solution for Dreamers. On Tuesday Democrats and Republicans said they were optimistic that an agreement was possible after a televised meeting with the president to discuss immigration. Trump who has expressed sympathy for the Dreamers called on lawmakers to draft a bill of love that would offer these young immigrants a pathway to citizenship. He also repeated his demands for a border wall though Republicans said he conceded that the barrier would not stretch from sea to shining sea . Federal court blocks Trump plan to end Daca program for immigrants Read more He also wants changes to the legal immigration system including an end to a family-based immigration policy and the state department s diversity visa lottery program. After Tuesday night s ruling lawmakers and administration officials appeared to agree that the ruling did not diminish the need for immediate action on Daca. Yet the decision has clearly irritated the president and some administration officials and it is unclear if that will have any effect on negotiations. A court case is no guarantee of lasting security the Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer said on Wednesday. A higher court can quickly overturn it The fact remains the only way to guarantee legal status for the Dreamers is to pass Daca protections into law and do it now. 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By: AP | Washington | Published: January 10 2018 9:28 am A supporter of President Donald Trump challenges police officers and a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program during a rally outside the office of California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein in Los Angeles. (AP Photo) Related News Donald Trump ex-aide Steve Bannon agrees to Robert Mueller probe interview avoiding grand jury Exercise? I get more than people think Donald Trump saysWhite House stands by Donald Trump s lies and deceit comment on PakistanSearching for a bipartisan deal to avoid a government shutdown President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that an immigration agreement could be reached in two phases first by addressing young immigrants and border security with what he called a bill of love then by making comprehensive changes that have long eluded Congress. Trump presided over a lengthy meeting with Republican and Democratic lawmakers seeking a solution for hundreds of thousands of young people who were brought to the US as children and living here illegally. Trump last year ended the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program which shielded more than 700 000 people from deportation and gave them the right to work legally. He gave Congress until March to find a fix. The president congressional Republicans and Democrats expressed optimism for a deal just 10 days before a government shutdown deadline. Trump said he was willing to be flexible in finding an agreement as Democrats warned that the lives of hundreds of thousands of immigrants hung in the balance. I think my positions are going to be what the people in this room come up with Trump said during a Cabinet Room meeting with a bipartisan group of nearly two dozen lawmakers adding I am very much reliant upon the people in this room. A group of journalists observed the meandering meeting for an extraordinary length of time _ about 55 minutes _ that involved Trump seeking input from Democrats and Republicans alike in a freewheeling exchange on the contentious issue. My head is spinning from all the things that were said by the president and others in that room in the course of an hour and a half said Sen. Dick Durbin D-Ill. But the sense of urgency the commitment to DACA the fact that the president said to me privately as well as publicly I want to get this done I m going to take him as his word. The head of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Rep. Michelle Grisham Lujan D-N.M. said late Tuesday she was encouraged by Trump s words and would work in good faith toward a deal. Some of the group s members have taken a hard line against surrendering too much in a compromise with Trump. The White House said after the meeting that lawmakers had agreed to narrow the scope of the negotiations to four areas: border security family-based chain migration the visa lottery and the DACA policy. Democrats and Republicans are set to resume negotiations Wednesday. But the exchange raised questions about how far Trump would push for his high-profile border wall. In describing the need for a wall the president said it didn t need to be a 2 000-mile wall. We don t need a wall where you have rivers and mountains and everything else protecting it. But we do need a wall for a fairly good portion. Trump has long made that case saying even during his campaign that his border wall didn t need to be continuous thanks to natural barriers in the landscape. And he has said he would be open to using fencing for some portions as well. The unusually public meeting laid bare a back-and-forth between the parties more typically confined to closed-door negotiations. At one point California Sen. Dianne Feinstein a Democrat asked Trump if he would support a clean DACA bill now with a commitment to pursue a comprehensive immigration overhaul later. Trump responded I would like it. I think a lot of people would like to see that but I think we have to do DACA first. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy R-Calif. interjected saying Mr. President you need to be clear though that legislation involving the so-called Dreamers would need to include border security. The president said he would insist on construction of a border security wall as part of an agreement involving young immigrants but he said Congress could then pursue a comprehensive immigration overhaul in a second phase of talks. House Republicans said they planned to soon introduce legislation to address border security and the young immigrants. Trump said it should be a bill of love. Trump s embrace of a bill of love brought to mind his past criticism of former GOP presidential rival Jeb Bush who said many people come to the US illegally as an act of love. Trump s campaign posted a video at the time with a tagline that read Forget love it s time to get tough! Conservatives quickly sounded alarms about a process that would lead to a comprehensive agreement on immigration a path that has long been anathema to many rank-and-file Republicans. Nothing Michael Wolff could say about (at)realDonaldTrump has hurt him as much as the DACA lovefest right now tweeted conservative commentator Ann Coulter referencing Trump s recent portrayal in the book Fire and Fury. Rep. Mark Meadows R-N.C. leader of the hard-right House Freedom Caucus said in a text message after the White House meeting he was generally opposed to a two-step process because history would indicate the second http://mxsponsor.com/riders/paydth/about step never happens. But he later said that if the first steps included the four areas outlined by the White House then I could support a two-step process realizing that step one is the only thing that is guaranteed. The president appeared to acknowledge the potential political pitfalls of pursuing a more permanent deal telling the lawmakers I ll take all the heat you want. But you are not that far away from comprehensive immigration reform. After the meeting lawmakers from both parties appeared divided over the basic definition of Trump s bottom-line demand for a border wall. Democratic House Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland said his party was opposed to GOP calls for 18 billion in funding to build the wall. It was clear in the meeting that wall did not mean some structure he said of Trump s remarks noting the president also mentioned fencing cameras and other security measures for the border. Republicans were adamant that Trump s call means the wall but noted Trump acknowledged it doesn t need to cover the entire length of the border because of geographic barriers. The immigration talks pit a president who made the construction of a border wall a central piece of his 2016 campaign against congressional Democrats who have sought to preserve the Obama-era protections for the young immigrants. The discussions are taking place in the aftermath of Trump s public blow-up with former campaign and White House adviser Steve Bannon one of the architects of Trump s calls for the border wall. Bannon s break with Trump has raised concerns among some conservative Republicans that the president might reach an agreement with Democrats on the Dreamers without getting enough in return. Trump as recently as last weekend said he wouldn t sign legislation addressing DACA unless Congress agreed to an overhaul of the legal immigration system saying any deal must include an overhaul of the family-based immigration system as well as an end to the diversity visa lottery which draws immigrants from under-represented parts of a world. That would be in addition to Trump winning funding for his promised southern border wall and added border security. But in the meeting he indicated a willingness to compromise with Democrats whose votes are needed in the narrowly divided Senate. The president exhibited I thought quite a bit of flexibility when the cameras weren t there in terms of what we do in this phase and the next phase and an acknowledgment that a lot of things we want to do are going to be part of a comprehensive bill but not now said Sen. Jeff Flake R-Ariz. one of the attendees. 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ALSO READ US judge orders Trump to partially revive Dreamers programme US judge blocks Trump s DACA ban Trump calls US court system unfair after DACA ruling Mexico wall must for DACA approval: Trump Trump accuses Democrats of being all-talk no-action on DACA fix span.p-content div id =div-gpt line-height: 0px; font-size: 0px; The Trump administration has resumed accepting Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) a programme that protects certain illegal immigrants from deportation renewal requests as a result of a federal court order. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services said that the DACA program will be operated on the terms in place before it was rescinded last September reported CNN citing a statement posted online on Saturday.The move unfolds as US District Judge William Alsup issued a preliminary injunction this week blocking President Trump s decision to end the Obama-era program.The statement said Due to a federal court order USCIS has resumed accepting requests to renew a grant of deferred action under DACA. However neither any new applications will be accepted nor it would be processing applications for those who have never before received DACA protections.According to the reports Judge Alsup in his order on Tuesday stated that the Trump administration s move to rescind DACA was done without following the proper legal procedures and that the federal government would have to maintain the DACA program on a nationwide basis. Trump branded the order unfair at the time and suggested that it would be reversed by a higher court.Supporters of DACA rejoiced and celebrated the ruling in the streets of San Francisco on the federal court s decision at the time.(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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