Daily DACA Round-Up: 1/10/18

I am feeling little sick so will try to make this short:

The big story today was what transpired yesterday night, when the district court in San Francisco ordered a nationwide injunction to force DHS to resume DACA.

In a nutshell, this is what it means -

A. DHS must start to accept DACA renewals soon. No need to accept new applications.
B. DHS does not have to grant advanced parole.

There is a lot of confusion, still. We do not know when DHS will accept DACA renewals.

(https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...=.03a7c9e9e6db)

You can read all about whether the ruling made sense or not (I linked to the ruling on yesterday's thread), and here's a good argument against the ruling: http://www.nationalreview.com/articl...-cant-end-daca

Dara Lind, an immigration reporter for Vox, summed it up the best. It seems near certain that the Supreme Court will not buy the district court's reasoning. Which means the Supreme Court may stop this injunction in the near future, but from what we've seen in the travel ban discussion, that's going to take at least a month if not more.

(https://twitter.com/DLind/status/951121080747520001)

Prerna P. Lal, the immigration attorney for UC Berkeley's undocumented student program, offered a counterpoint, saying this ruling may have some positives.

(https://twitter.com/prernaplal/statu...95300915429376)

Meanwhile, the negotiation is thankfully chugging along. The "Group of Four" meeting between GOP and Democratic Senate leaders happened today.

Sen. Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX) had this to say about the meeting.

https://twitter.com/ChadPergram/stat...03570958860295

Cornyn is optimistic that the group may be able to come to an outline of a sort by Jan. 19, but not a full bill. Another CR looks likely at this stage.

(https://twitter.com/ChadPergram/stat...71000691052544)

Pergram's Twitter feed is well worth checking out to track the rest of the shutdown development.

There is another Senate working group discussing immigration, which has now become the Gang of Six with the inclusion of New Jersey Democratic Senator Bob Menedez. The group met today at 2 p.m.

(https://twitter.com/TalKopan/status/951176576456167424)

We'll see how those groups come to an agreement. It seems like this Gang of Six is the farthest along (with Flake saying the group is "close" - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...curity-n836596).

Lastly, POTUS is always the wild card. VP Mike Pence said he wants to see a DACA bill with a lot of what GOP is looking for.

http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/01/1...-korean-threat

But what does this wall mean?

Well, it can mean anything at this stage, it seems like.

https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/951278114457489409

I'm just going to attach this link as well as my final link, as liberal activists are also pushing for Democrats to not accept what they consider a bad compromise:

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3...on-immigration

Other stuff to follow:

Congress is dealing with another stumbling block to the spending bill - Children's Health Insurance Program. Thanks to the Congressional Budget Office estimates, however, that stumbling block may be addressed soon: http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare...n-chip-funding

There are still other non-DACA huddles to the spending bill: How much should the government spend on military v. non-military, FISA/Spying measure, Disaster aid, etc. But seems like if DACA gets solved, everything should fall into place.

Also, ICE raid continues, now to 7-Eleven: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...people-n836531

Not going to mention Goodlatte's bill because I covered it yesterday, but the biggest reaction has been House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) saying he likes the bill but won't commit to having the bill on the floor.

(https://twitter.com/scottwongDC/stat...34829173100545)

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/36...migration-bill

Gotta run, but that should just about do it. Will see y'all again tomorrow. May God smile in our favor.

UPDATE: I forgot three things today, so may as well finish with it.

First is the tweet from the New York Times Deputy Washington Editor on what the court ruling may mean.

(https://twitter.com/jonathanweisman/...62175032008704)

Second is the Congressional Black Caucus likely opposing ending the visa lottery program (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...curity-n836596). It hasn't explicitly spoke on this, but it is interesting and significant enough to warrant a mention here.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...curity-n836596

Third is Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), who voted yes on Dec. 22 CR, saying he will vote no on another CR unless DACA gets resolved.

https://twitter.com/JenniferShutt/st...41527790735362

30 Democrat + Independent senators voted no on Dec. 22 on CR and it would be hard to imagine them flipping if DACA isn't resolved. Adding Leahy gets you to 31.

To sustain a filibuster and shut down the government, 10 out of 18 following Democrat/Independent senators need to vote no on CR:

If you want to call them, that's: Carper, Coons (Both from Delaware), Nelson (FL), Donnelly (ID), Peters/Stabenow (MI), McCaskill (MO), Tester (MT), Hassan/Shaheen (NH), Heinrich/Udall (NM), Heitkamp (ND), Kaine/Warner (VA), Manchin (WV), King (ME), Jones (AL)

Thanks for this awesome recap

Fuck the national review. When they use phrases like "the so called dreamers" or that DACA was "executive action by Obama (when it wasnt an executive order)" they lose credibility. They have a well known right wing bias

Serious question. Are the obstructionist Democrats going to be a problem? I kept hearing how they think republicans are asking for too much.

The national review is a newspaper magazine created by John Tanton the grand father of all the anti-immigrants groups

OP. You are the fucking man!
you on reddit? this stuff needs gold!

National Review is... National Review, but liberals and conservatives alike are saying this injunction is not likely staying through the Supreme Court.

Also, updating this post with two developments:

Leahy voting no on CR without DACA agreement
Congressional Black Caucus alarmed about eliminating the diversity visa

Leahy voted for it last time so at least that's good. They need to pressure Kaine, Warner,, senators from New Mexico, Michigan and NH who all voted for it, too.

If they are relocating it towards tps then hatians can stand to benefit. I’m African and I’m sure we have a lot of black daca recepients. Theh shouldn’t mess this up!

Thank you for such amazing post.