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Originally Posted by ceaguila
So what the heck happened at the hearing?
There's almost no news or reports at all
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Found this summary at the Hill:
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“Every aspect of this program is … unlawful,” said Ryan Walters, with the Texas Attorney General’s Office, which is representing the states that filed the lawsuit. The states have also argued that the White House overstepped its authority by granting immigration benefits that are for Congress to decide.
The states have claimed they incur hundreds of millions of dollars in health care, education and other costs when immigrants are allowed to remain in the country illegally. The states that sued are Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Carolina, West Virginia, Kansas and Mississippi.
Lawyers for the U.S. Justice Department, DACA recipients and the state of New Jersey argued during the hearing the states have failed to present any evidence that any of the costs they allege they have incurred because of illegal immigration have been tied to DACA recipients.
They also argued Congress has given the Department of Homeland Security the legal authority to set immigration enforcement policies.
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Lawyers for the states asked that the entire program be shut down within a four-year period after a final ruling.
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Texas and the other states filed their lawsuit because they disagree with immigration policy and not because of concerns over the implementation of laws, said Nina Perales, with the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, who spoke before Hanen on behalf of DACA recipients.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-u...ed-against-it/