FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A Texas district court judge just ruled against DACA in the Texas v. United States case. This new ruling does not impact current DACA recipients and their ability to renew, nor does it change their access to advanced parole. Below is a statement from Laura Flores, Skadden Fellow at Justice Action Center. …
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Today, JAC joined nearly 10,000 others in submitting a comment on DHS’s proposed DACA rule. Our comment asserts that DHS’s proposal fails to meet the urgent needs of undocumented youth and immigrant communities. Instead, we need to re-imagine DACA. A new DACA must center immigrant youth and: We must end eligibility criteria that prematurely ages youth …
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On Friday January 10th, a Lawsuit was filed in response to government’s lack of response to FOIA requests. JAC seeks information on federal government policy changes in the processing of DACA renewal applications that is causing delays and lapses in status for DACA recipients. Case No. 1:20-cv-0067 (1/10/2020)
Lawsuit filed today seeks information on federal government policy changes in the processing of DACA renewal applications that is causing delays and lapses in status for DACA recipients Washington, DC—Today, the Justice Action Center, with pro bono counsel Covington & Burling LLP, sued the Trump administration for withholding critical information on changes in renewal processing …
