Update on DACA hearing 9-26

Swim19 · 06:56 PM

Twitter thread @KlasfeldReports
BREAKING: DHS refuses to extend #DACA renewal deadline. Slamming "heartless" govt, Judge invited emergency motion 4 injunction. Story ahead

1. Press conference from the plaintiffs coming. A couple quick observations ahead. Strap in.
2. Judge Garaufis furious at govt. "You can't come into court to espouse a position which is heartless."
3. Garaufis: "People need to work together. They need to get with the program."
4. To be clear, no relief granted as of yet. He said he wants to establish a full record, already talking about US Court of Appeals.
5. Discovery is moving forward. Case will end before March 5, after which no more DACA permits granted under current govt plan
Quick point on this: Judge made clear the existing record would make injunction on Oct. 5 deadline difficult- Case as whole, another story.
7. Upshot: Because of procedural issues, fate of Oct. 5 deadline unclear, but judge excoriated govt's inflexibility. Bodes badly for them.

https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports

Video of press conference:
https://www.pscp.tv/onearmedmaninc/1zqKVRBbRPwKB?t=3

VJB2 · 09-26-2017, 06:56 PM

In addition to those tweets, this article accompanied.

Quote:

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (CN) — Furious at the Department of Homeland Security for racing to extinguish an Obama-era program that defers the deportation of qualifying young immigrants, a federal judge slammed their deadline obstinance as “heartless” on Tuesday.

“You can’t come in here, into court, to espouse a position which is heartless,” U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis thundered at government attorneys.

Garaufis scheduled this afternoon’s hearing in Brooklyn for a pair of challenges leveled at the government after President Donald Trump announced a rollback of DACA program, short for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, on Sept. 5.

Holding fast to a six-month timeline the government established to phase the program out, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate told Garaufis on Tuesday that the department has no plans to extend an Oct. 5 deadline for DACA recipients to renew their status.

“That decision was not made lightly,” Shumate said at the hearing, emphasizing a refrain by the Trump administration of seeking an “orderly” end to the program.

“Ultimately,” Shumate added, “the department wants to maintain the Oct. 5 deadline, your honor.”

Dreamers, as recipients of the DACA program are known, must reapply to the program every two years.

More than 200,000 people are set to have their benefits expire in 2017, and another 275,000 will see their benefits end the following year.

Garaufis emphasized that such figures barely scratch the surface.

“There aren’t only 800,000 people affected by what may happen here, there are literally millions,” Garaufis said.

Attorneys for the government faced a lengthy monologue by the judge this afternoon about how their sloppy shuttering of DACA will disrupt families around the country.

“I am just glad that I was born in Paterson, New Jersey, and not Mexico City,” Garaufis concluded.

Homeland Security statistics indicated that more than 55,000 DACA recipients whose benefits expire this year already submitted applications for renewal before the termination of DACA was announced on Sept. 5. Roughly 7,000 of those whose statuses will expire next year applied for renewal as well.

“People need to work together,” Garaufis said. “They need to get with the program.”

Despite lacerating the government for refusing to move the deadline, Garaufis declined to order relief at this juncture.

Setting the stage for appellate review, the judge invited the immigrants who brought the case to file an emergency motion in conjunction with the Oct. 5 deadline.

Garaufis noted that he is timing the case to finish well before March 5, the date by which the Justice Department plans to end DACA — pending resolution of the issues by the legislative or executive branches.

Sitting next to U.S. Magistrate Judge James Orenstein, Garaufis puzzled at what he viewed as the government’s inflexibility on the issue.

“What I want to know is, what’s the hurry,” the judge said.

Attorneys for the lead plaintiff behind the challenge, Martin Batalla Vidal, are hosting a press conference on the dramatic Tuesday hearing this afternoon.

A coalition of 16 states, plus the District of Columbia, have joined the National Immigration Law Center to save DACA. They are Connecticut, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and Washington.

Trump himself appeared to have had second thoughts about torpedoing the program on Sept. 14, the day after discussing DACA with Democratic Sens. Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi.

“Does anybody really want to throw out good, educated and accomplished young people who have jobs, some serving in the military?” Trump tweeted. “Really!”

This story is developing…

Swim19 · 09-26-2017, 07:01 PM

@maketheroadnewyork also has a thread going about the hearing. Too long to post, see here:

https://twitter.com/MaketheRoadNY/st...97779143118848

spolem · 09-26-2017, 07:05 PM

More pressure on congress to fix this soon

Fuck SUCCEED - Lets go DA

VJB2 · 07:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swim19

@maketheroadnewyork also has a thread going about the hearing. Too long to post, see here:

https://twitter.com/MaketheRoadNY/st...97779143118848

Conclusion: #DACA case proceeds. Judge skeptical of all govt arguments; shows deep empathy 4 immigrant youth. Full discovery proceeds. /END

--------------

Drag them, judge. Make their faces red in humiliation for messing with people's lives. Embarrass them so much, even though they lack heart, that they'll really want to find a solution so they no longer deal with us.

2MoreYears · 09-26-2017, 08:14 PM

I don't fully understand but it sounds like good news. Indeed more pressure for congress.

desice · 09-26-2017, 10:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swim19

@maketheroadnewyork also has a thread going about the hearing. Too long to post, see here:

https://twitter.com/MaketheRoadNY/st...97779143118848

I just felt like I read the start to an episode of Suits lol

DD4S · 09-27-2017, 12:06 AM

so wtf happen here?

Swim19 · 09-27-2017, 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DD4S

so wtf happen here?

It was more of a preliminary hearing, but judges were very sympathetic to DREAMers and skeptical about government arguments for ending DACA.

They need you!

Forum links

Resources

Join our list

National calendar of events

January

Update on DACA hearing 9-26