Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda announced today a pair of bills that he plans on introducing in the upcoming legislative session. The bills, currently still without numbers, would seek to allow recipients of DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, to keep their drivers license when the DACA program lapses in March […]
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SUNY community dedicated to protecting “dreamers”
As college students across New York were settling into their first week of classes, the Trump administration announced on September 5 that it would be repealing the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The DACA program allows children of illegal immigrants to study in the United States and seek employment […]
New York’s AG hopes to save DACA program by suing Trump Administration
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is leading a multi-state lawsuit against the federal government after President Donald Trump’s move on Tuesday to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Schneiderman is suing for violation of due process rights and the equal protection clause, being that 78 percent of […]
Gov. Cuomo, AG are ready to sue Trump Administration over DACA repeal
New York’s governor and attorney general are threatening to sue the federal government after the Trump Administration’s announcement to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. The legal challenge, announced preemptively on Monday by Governor Andrew Cuomo and Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, aims to protect more than 40,000 immigrants […]