Illinois officials, immigration advocates applaud DACA decision

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“The dispute before the Court is not whether DHS may rescind DACA. All parties agree that it may,” Roberts wrote for the majority. “The dispute is instead primarily about the procedure the agency fol­lowed in doing so.”

The ruling means the Trump administration could try again, this time more fully documenting a legal rationale for terminating the program.

“Let me be clear. The fight is far from over,” U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia said during a video conference hosted by ICIRR. “We can sleep well tonight but we must wake up our nation and get ready for what’s next. The court left open the door that any White House, including this one, can try again, and knowing this White House, they will.”

Also during that conference call, ICIRR attorney Fred Tsao said DHS will not begin accepting new DACA applications immediately because the court’s decision had just been released earlier that day.

“And in fact DHS leadership has issued some statements flaming the Supreme Court,” he said. “That said, Homeland Security should be implementing this decision really soon.”

ICIRR issued a statement Thursday acknowledging that possibility and calling on Congress to pass legislation that would put a DACA-like program into law.

“This possibility calls for a more permanent solution for immigrants who had or who are otherwise eligible for DACA, as well as the millions of other immigrants who remain vulnerable to ICE enforcement and deportation,” the advocacy group said in a statement.

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June 18, 2020 at 10:52PM

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