Press Release

 

 

For Immediate Release       
Contact: Dan Gordon , 617-651-0841
Dec. 22, 2020

**Latest DACA Hearing a Reminder that Congress Must Act**

**WASHINGTON, D.C.** - A federal judge in Texas will hold a hearing
today on the ongoing litigation challenging the legality of Deferred
Action for Childhood Arrivals

(DACA), leaving hundreds of thousands of DACA recipients uncertain of
their future and further underscoring the need for a permanent
legislative solution.  

Unlike the Supreme Court ruling upholding DACA this summer, which
focused on the Trump administration's authority to rescind the
program, this litigation centers on the authority of the Obama
administration to initiate DACA in the first place. The lawsuit was
filed by the Texas Attorney General and nine other states in 2018
seeking to halt the program.

If the court rules in Texas' favor, hundreds of thousands of DACA
recipients, who were brought to the U.S. as children, could lose their
work authorization and protection from deportation. DACA recipients are
estimated to contribute $433 billion to the GDP
, $60
billion in fiscal impact
,
and $12.3 billion in taxes
 to
Social Security and Medicare over the next 1o years, and are making
countless contributions
to
communities across the U.S. Currently, individuals eligible for DACA
under the original 2012 requirements can submit new and renewal
applications that would provide them with temporary protection from
deportation and work authorization for two years.

"This case has major implications for the future of DACA recipients,
their families, their employers and their entire communities," said

**Ali Noorani, President and CEO of the National Immigration Forum**.
"But amid this continued uncertainty, one thing remains clear: The
majority of Americans recognize the indispensable contributions of
Dreamers and support legislative solutions that allow them to continue
living and working in the country they call home.

"This latest chapter in the DACA litigation saga is a clear reminder
that we are past due for a permanent solution from Congress that
reflects the bipartisan support for Dreamers across our country."

###

 

 

**Follow Us**

 

[link removed]
[link removed]
[link removed]
[link removed]

 

 

 

The

**Only in America** podcast brings you to the people behind our
nation's immigration debate.

 

Listen now on:

 

**iTunes**
,
**Stitcher**
,
**Spotify** ,
and **more.**

 

 

National Immigration Forum

50 F Street NW, Suite 300

Washington, DC 20001

www.immigrationforum.org

 

Unsubscribe from Press Releases oropt-out from all
Forum emails.

 

                                               
           
_________________

Sent to [email protected]

Unsubscribe:
[link removed]

National Immigration Forum, 50 F Street NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20001, United States