Featured Issue: Protect Dreamers

Following the Trump administration's rescission of DACA, which is currently enjoined by federal courts, there has been increasing pressure from both Democrats and Republicans to pass a permanent legislative solution protecting Dreamers. Americans have long shown overwhelming support for protecting Dreamers - polls have shown that 86 percent of Americans want Dreamers to be able to stay in the country. Dreamers make America a better and stronger nation, and it's time for Congress to pass bipartisan legislation to protect them from deportation and secure them a future as Americans.

• Read about all the legislative efforts to protect Dreamers.
• Read the government's announcements and memos from September 5, 2017
• Read about current litigation challenging the rescission of DACA
• Read Reactions and Selected Press Clips on DACA Rescission/Support for DREAM Act

Legislative Efforts to Protect Dreamers

Congressional members from both political parties have introduced legislation that would protect Dreamers. Below are a few of those bills, including the bipartisan, bicameral Dream Act, which AILA supports. Read AILA Policy Brief: How Dreamer Protection Bills Measure Up.

• H.R. 6136: Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018
  
  • AILA issued a vote "no" recommendation for H.R. 6136 and H.R. 4760.
• Discharge Petition No. 115-10
• H.Res.774: Queen of the Hill Resolution
• S. 1615: Dream Act of 2017
• H.R. 3440: Dream Act of 2017
• H.R. 4796: Uniting and Securing America (USA) Act of 2018
• S. 2367 Uniting and Securing America (USA) Act of 2018
• S. 1852: SUCCEED Act
• H.R. 3591: American Hope Act of 2017
• H.R. 1468: Recognizing America's Children (RAC) Act
• H.R. 4760: Securing America's Future Act of 2018
  
  • AILA issued a vote "no" recommendation for H.R. 6136 and H.R. 4760.
  • AILA released a policy brief highlighting a few of the "Securing America's Future Act of 2018" (H.R. 4760) most egregious provisions.

Practice Assistance Resources

AILA has issued a practice alert on filing DACA renewal applications in the wake of several federal court cases, including Regents of the University of California v. DHS in which a district court directed DHS to maintain the DACA program on a nationwide basis on the same terms and conditions as were in effect before the September 5, 2017, rescission of DACA. AILA is updating this practice alert regularly with new developments.

• Filing DACA Applications in the Wake of Federal Court Rulings

Government Announcements and Memos since September 5, 2017

• DHS Memorandum: Rescission of the June 15, 2012 Memorandum Entitled "Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children"
• USCIS Information: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival, Response to January 2018 Preliminary Injunction

Litigation Challenging DACA Rescission

• DACA Recipients File Lawsuit Challenging DACA Rescission (Garcia v. Trump, 9/18/17)
• NAACP Files Lawsuit Challenging DACA Rescission (NAACP v. Trump, 9/18/17)
• California and Three Other States File Lawsuit Challenging DACA Rescission (California v. DHS, 9/11/17)
• University of California Files Lawsuit Challenging DACA Rescission (Regents of the University of California v. DHS, 9/8/17)
• States File Lawsuit Challenging DACA Rescission (New York v. Trump, 9/6/17)
• DACA Recipient Challenges Revocation of DACA Program in District Court (Batalla Vidal et al. v. Baran et al., 9/5/17)
• Maryland District Court Declines to Enjoin Rescission of DACA Program (Casa de Maryland v. DHS, 3/5/18)

Cite as AILA Doc. No. 17072035.