DAPA

DOJ Files Emergency Stay of the Decision In Texas v. U.S.

Today, the Department of Justice asked the federal district court in Texas for an emergency stay of the preliminary injunction that stops the Department of Homeland Security from implementing the deferred action policies announced by the President in November. The DOJ is seeking an emergency stay because it contends that the district court decision will cause irreparable harm to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and prevent it from maximizing its limited...

Key Summary: “Immigration Accountability Executive Action”

After months of grassroots actions and demands that the President take executive action on immigration due to his dismal deportation record, President Barack Obama asked Secretary Jeh Johnson and Attorney General Eric Holder to undertake a rigorous and inclusive review to inform recommendations on reforming our broken immigration system through executive action. On November 20, 2014, the President officially announced some reforms that he would be making to the...

Prerna Lal Debates Jon Feere on The Heat

After winning Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) in 2012, Prerna Lal, Esq. worked with policy-makers in Washington D.C. to push President Obama’s Administration to expand prosecutorial discretion policies. This work was rewarded when the President announced the DAPA and expanded DACA programs in November 2014. Due to their critical work on expanding prosecutorial discretion, Lal was called on “The Heat” to debate Jon Feere, now Senior Advisor at...