Biden promises to appeal anti-immigration ruling and calls on Congress to act by Reuters

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Saturday vowed to maintain a program that protects the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the United States as children, and ordered a court ruling that would overturn a “utterly disappointing” ruling. the path to citizenship.

U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen on Friday ruled in favor of a Republican-led state-led group of states that sued him to end the Childhood Delayed Action (DACA) program. Hanen concluded that former Democratic President Barack Obama overcame his powers in 2012 when he created DACA through executive action, bypassing Congress.

People protected under the DACA are often referred to as “Dreamers,” based on the name of an immigration review proposal that has not passed Congress.

Bidenek https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/07/17/statement-by-president-joe-biden-on-daca-and-leg- The Department of Justice will appeal Han’s ruling. The Democratic president said the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees immigration issues, will soon publish new regulations designed to strengthen the legal status of the DACA.

Hanen, a Texas judge appointed by former Republican President George W. Bush, found DACA https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-judge-blocks-new-applications-daca-program-dreamer-immigrants-2021- When they created 07-16 they violated a federal law called the Administrative Procedure Act. Hanen said that because there are so many people enrolled in the program (nearly 650,000), his verdict would be temporarily suspended, but he has canceled new DACA applications.

“Yesterday’s federal court ruling is very disappointing,” Biden said. “While the court’s order does not currently affect DACA recipients, this decision nonetheless puts hundreds of thousands of young immigrants in doubt for a secure future.”

“But only Congress can guarantee a definitive solution by giving the Dreamers the path to citizenship that will give these young people the certainty and stability they need and deserve,” added Biden, who was vice president when Obama created DACA.

The path to congressional action is complicated. Democrats control the Senate and the House of Representatives with small edges. The 100-seat Senate, under a so-called filibuster rule, requires 60 votes to pass most legislation, split 50-50, as Democrats promise only because Vice President Kamala Harris votes in the tie election.

Democrats hope to include the Dreamers path to citizenship in a $ 3.5 trillion spending package that could be overcome through a procedure called reconciliation by a simple majority in the Senate.

“My strong hope is that through reconciliation or other means Congress will provide security for all Dreamers who have finally lived in fear for too long,” Biden added.

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said Han’s resolution will not disrupt the Biden administration’s efforts to protect the Dreamers from deportation. “DHS remains focused on protecting DACA,” Mayorkas said in a statement, adding that his department will continue to process applications for DACA renewal “in accordance with the resolution”.

Obama created DACA to protect young immigrants living in the United States after entering the country as children. The two-party immigration law called the DREAM Act acted after it was not approved by Congress.

DACA protects recipients from expulsion, allows them to obtain a work permit and a driver’s license, and in some cases provides better access to education grants. It does not provide a path to citizenship. People protected under the DACA are young Hispanic adults born in Mexico and other Latin American countries.

Former Republican President Donald Trump, who took a hard line on immigration, wanted to repeal the DACA in 2017, but the U.S. Supreme Court last year blocked it https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-immigration/us us -supreme-court-thwarts-trump-plan-to-end-dreamers-immigrant-program-idUSKBN23P2HM illegally “arbitrary and bizarre.”

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer organized an early test for a reconciliation approach on Wednesday in a bid to gather unified democratic support.

“We can’t hang the future of #DACA recipients in balance. Now is the time to act. This Senate will work to pave the way for our Dreamers to become citizens,” Schumer wrote on Twitter on Friday.

Some lawmakers and liberal activists have called for the abolition of the proclamation, which Republicans in the Senate have used to block democratic priorities.

Republicans against the DACA praised the court ruling.

Andy Biggs, a Conservative congressman and Trump’s ally on the Arizona border, said Hanen’s resolution is a “tremendous gain” on Twitter.