Friday, August 18, 2017

August 24: Texas vs. the DREAMers, Again


In October 2012, President Obama announced the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (“DACA”), which allowed qualifying young people who were brought to the United State as children to request that any removal action against them be deferred in the exercise of prosecutorial discretion. Subsequent programs (Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (“DAPA”) and the 2014 “expanded DACA”) were preliminarily enjoined by a Texas federal judge, whose decision was affirmed by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and ultimately by an evenly divided U.S. Supreme Court. Now the Attorney General of Texas, Ken Paxton, and 10 other state Attorneys General have written to Attorney General Sessions indicating their intent to challenge the 2012 DACA in court unless the administration agrees to rescind the program by September 5, 2017.

Join ACS for a discussion about what's at stake in the battle over DACA, the program's legality, and what can be done to preserve it.
Title:
Texas vs. the DREAMers, Again
When/Where:
Thursday, August 24, 2017
2:00 - 3:00 pm ET
11:00-noon PT
By:
The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy presents
Speakers:

  • Lorela Praeli, ACLU Director of Immigration Policy and Campaigns
  • Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia, Samuel Weiss Faculty Scholar, Clinical Professor of Law; Director, Center for Immigrants’ Rights Clinic, Penn State Law
  • Moderator: Caroline Fredrickson, President, American Constitution Society for Law & Policy

Credit:
The American Constitution Society is a State Bar of California approved CLE provider. This webinar has been approved for 1.0 hours of California MCLE credit. If you are seeking CLE credit in a jurisdiction other than California for this webinar, please consult directly with that state’s CLE rules and regulations.
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