Dreamers face disruptions even after court orders

Swim19 · 03-06-2018, 06:39 PM

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Thousands of undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children could face disruptions in their ability to work, even though the Trump administration has for months been under a federal court order to renew protections under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

The problem arises chiefly from the Department of Homeland Security's refusal to prioritize those DACA renewals due to expire soonest. Instead, the applications are being processed in the order in which they were filed. Consequently, many so-called Dreamers who've applied to renew will see their DACA protections expire before DHS acts, increasing their risk of being fired from their jobs or, possibly, being arrested and deported.

“You can’t just say, ‘Don’t show up to work and we’ll kind of keep paying you,’ or 'wink wink, nod nod,'” said Todd Schulte, president of the pro-immigration FWD.us. “I just think we should assume that a ton of these people are going to lose their jobs.”
DHS did not respond to a request to clarify its enforcement policy for people with recently expired DACA grants.

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USCIS resumed DACA renewals in January, but that unplanned resumption has not proceeded smoothly. “When you have a lot of stopping and starting of activity," said Rodriguez, "that poses some risk that something might be set up the wrong way and some group of people not be handled as expeditiously as they should,” he said.

“I think it is going to keep getting more chaotic,” Rodriguez said of the weeks ahead.
The agency's refusal to pull out of the queue renewals that are due to expire soonest (as, for instance, airlines do at the check-in line for passengers whose planes will take off soonest) poses an enormous problem for those Dreamers who filed for renewal after Judge Alsup's Jan. 9 order.

But another difficulty is that not many Dreamers took advantage of the court ruling, possibly because uncertainty over whether Alsup's order would be overruled by the Supreme Court left them reluctant to pay the $495 renewal fee. The Supreme Court didn't announce that it would let Alsup's order stand until Feb. 26.

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Temporary lapses in DACA protection leave the businesses that employ Dreamers facing some hard choices. “Employers are really worried about having to make those decisions,” Noorani said. “If somebody is not authorized to work, that employer cannot employ them.”

The lapses could have other tangential effects. People who receive health insurance through an employer may need to seek out alternatives. A person with a driver’s license that expires during a lapse in enrollment could lose his or her only means of transportation.

The most serious worry for Dreamers with lapsed DACA protection is that they could face arrest or deportation.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...-orders-385096

Good to see a news article that shows the reality that many lives will be disrupted even though renewals are being allowed.

BestBefore1984 · 03-06-2018, 06:43 PM

Get your renewals in folks. No time to sit around jerkin your gurken.

kyungwc · 03-06-2018, 06:44 PM

Hmm... but we've seen many approvals on here after the injuction rather than by queue.

Pianoswithoutfaith · 03-06-2018, 06:50 PM

So pretty much people who sent their applications year early are ruining with those who are expiring soon.

vft1008 · 03-06-2018, 07:14 PM

What he have seen reported in "The Lounge" is not reflective of this. I turned my renewal in very early on, but have not been approved yet and I expire in September. In fact, I don't think I have seen anyone who expires past July get renewed even though they have submitted a renewal and done biometrics.

jorgeag92 · 03-06-2018, 09:05 PM

Contrary to this article, the spreadsheet in the Lounge suggests that people expiring the soonest are being renewed first. Someone should hit them up

Swim19 · 03-06-2018, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by jorgeag92

Contrary to this article, the spreadsheet in the Lounge suggests that people expiring the soonest are being renewed first. Someone should hit them up

I don't believe our spreadsheet is a large enough sample size. Also most of the people approved applied in the first few days of renewals being allowed. We'll have a better idea as time goes on.

catportal · 03-07-2018, 12:37 AM

I think the spreadsheet is a statistically relevant sample size. I want to see proof that they aren’t prioritizing by end date. I think they are doing them in order of those that expire less than 150 days. People got responses and biometrics notices within 30 days (even those out 150+ days). So far Trumps DHS seems a lot faster than Obama’s for renewals... I’d like to see some proof otherwise.

TexasDreamy · 03-07-2018, 01:12 AM

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Originally Posted by catportal

So far Trumps DHS seems a lot faster than Obama’s for renewals... I’d like to see some proof otherwise.

It's probably because very few people are applying.

JayR9 · 03-12-2018, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by TexasDreamy

It's probably because very few people are applying.

Trump admin is only doing renewals. Initial applications usually take more time.

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