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Recommendation to authorize the City of Long Beach to join by signing the Amicus Brief prepared and filed by Cities United for Immigration Action in Texas v. United States.
DISCUSSION
Texas v. United States is a case challenging President Obama's executive action on immigration, which would extend temporary relief to certain parents of U.S. citizens and permanent resident children, and would expand Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). The Fifth Circuit voted 2-1 to affirm the District Court's preliminary injunction against implementation of Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA) and expanded DACA.
Judge King issued a detailed dissenting opinion noting in part that the "dozens of amicus briefs filed in this case by interested parties across the ideological spectrum - Mayors, Senators, Representatives, and law enforcement officials, among others" underscore how the case "essentially boils down to a policy dispute."
The White House is appealing the 5th Circuit's decision, and Cities United For Immigration Action (CUIA), a coalition of nearly 100 cities and counties, launched in late 2014 to lead the effort to promote and execute immigration reforms nationwide, has filed an Amicus Brief in support of the appeal.
CUIA, which represents approximately 43 million people across the country, issued this statement in response to the 5th Circuit Court decision:
"Despite this decision, we are confident the President's executive actions will ultimately be upheld. Our cities simply cannot continue to be the engines of our nation's economic growth without fully integrating all of our communities. Now that the Department of Justice has an opportunity to petition the Supreme Court to hear this case, our cities will be ready to stand with the administration again in support of these common sense reforms. Together, we will press forward for a swift resolution to this challenge to ensure much-needed action on immigration is implemented."
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