NEW ORLEANS, LA -- In oral arguments today before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, LA, the U.S. Department of Justice asked for reversal of a Texas lower court decision that temporarily halted President Obama’s immigration relief programs known as DACA and DAPA.
In a show of solidarity following the hearing, Mi Familia Vota (MFV), Proyecto Inmigrante, Texas Organizing Project, Reform Immigration Texas Alliance, United We Dream, Congress of Day Laborers and other immigrants’ rights groups are holding events in various states to call for an end to the lawsuit.
In a show of solidarity following the hearing, Mi Familia Vota (MFV), Proyecto Inmigrante, Texas Organizing Project, Reform Immigration Texas Alliance, United We Dream, Congress of Day Laborers and other immigrants’ rights groups are holding events in various states to call for an end to the lawsuit.
In Houston and San Antonio, Texas, MFV is conducting phone banks, in partnership with community leaders and local Spanish media partners, to drive calls to the governor urging that Texas end the meritless lawsuit.
“The Latino community knows that this is a politically driven lawsuit that will eventually fail because the law is on our side,” said Ben Monterroso, executive director of MFV. “Our community is ready to apply for DACA and DAPA once the courts decide the case."
The emergency request to the appeals court by the Obama Administration to lift the injunction is one of many steps in the legal battle brought on by Texas and other conservative states opposed to the president’s proposed expansion of the 2012 DACA program and a new DAPA initiative for parents of citizens and lawful permanent residents.
MFV is one of more than 150 civil rights groups that filed an amicus (friend-of-the-court) brief with the appellate court in defense of the programs. Other briefs challenging the Texas-led lawsuit were filed by 181 members of Congress, law enforcement chiefs, states, educators, faith and business leaders, and more than 70 city and county leaders from 27 states.
“The Latino community knows that this is a politically driven lawsuit that will eventually fail because the law is on our side,” said Ben Monterroso, executive director of MFV. “Our community is ready to apply for DACA and DAPA once the courts decide the case."
The emergency request to the appeals court by the Obama Administration to lift the injunction is one of many steps in the legal battle brought on by Texas and other conservative states opposed to the president’s proposed expansion of the 2012 DACA program and a new DAPA initiative for parents of citizens and lawful permanent residents.
MFV is one of more than 150 civil rights groups that filed an amicus (friend-of-the-court) brief with the appellate court in defense of the programs. Other briefs challenging the Texas-led lawsuit were filed by 181 members of Congress, law enforcement chiefs, states, educators, faith and business leaders, and more than 70 city and county leaders from 27 states.
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