BIZARRE: 10 - What They Never Told You

Editorial: Biden is right to fortify DACA, but America needs a legislative solution

There’s hardly been a more consequential law for immigration policy over the past several years than the Administrative Procedure Act, which has been used against both the Trump and Biden administrations to great effect by those charging that the federal government is making decisions capriciously.

Tribune News Service · Aug 26, 2022

Provide ‘Dreamers’ with the permanent protections they need

Lawmakers must keep advocating for proposed legislative solutions that place DACA recipients on the pathway to U.S. citizenship.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 26, 2022

Biden administration issues final rule on protections for ‘Dreamers’

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration finalized a rule Wednesday to fortify the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program as it faces legal challenges, aiming to preserve protections for hundreds of thousands of “Dreamers.”

Tribune News Service · Aug 25, 2022

Editorial: Enough. DACA and DREAMers have been at the mercy of the courts for too long. Step up, Congress

In the cruel game that the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals program — DACA — has become, its recipients have had some walks, base hits and home runs. But they now are at grave risk of being struck out. And that would be a terrible outcome.

Tribune News Service · Jul 12, 2022

Texas Sets Up Test Case For Arizona v. U.S.

Can the states detain an alien based on "reasonable suspicion of illegal entry or other immigration crime"?

Reason · Jul 8, 2022

Equity Requires More Than a Dollar in Injury

Yesterday the Fifth Circuit held oral argument in an appeal of Judge Hanen's DACA decision. You can find a write-up of the oral argument by Mohar Chatterjee at Politico. One thing jumped out at me, and I will quote the relevant line from the Politico story (the transcript is not…

Reason · Jul 7, 2022

The Legality of DACA After West Virginia v. EPA

The long-standing deferred action policy fits many of the Chief Justice's criteria for majorness.

Reason · Jul 6, 2022

Appeals arguments set on immigrants brought to US as kids

Immigrant advocates are hoping a federal appeals court will uphold an Obama-era program that prevents the deportation of thousands of immigrants brought into the United States as children

The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2022

Supreme Court Ruling in "Remain in Mexico" Case is a Win for Biden, Migrants - and Fans of Presidential Power

The ruling likely allows end of a cruel policy - but also reinforces broad presidential control over immigration.

Reason · Jul 3, 2022

I’m a DACA recipient. Immigrants need more than a temporary fix to a broken system.

I came to the U.S. at the age of 2, and became the first generation in the family to earn a college degree, DACA has been like a lifeline. But a pathway to citizenship is the only permanent solution for all immigrants.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 25, 2022