As expected, Donald Trump’s Justice Department is set to appeal the court decision that forced United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to resume accepting Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) renewal applications:
The Justice Department on Tuesday announced plans to appeal a judge's ruling that blocked President Donald Trump from shuttering a program that gave protections and work permits to some people who entered the U.S. illegally as children.
In a ruling last week, San Francisco-based U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup ordered the administration to resume accepting renewal applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, better known as DACA.
“It defies both law and common sense for DACA ... to somehow be mandated nationwide by a single district court in San Francisco,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a statement Tuesday.
So long as this mass deportation administration is in power, DACA protections will continue to remain under constant threat. Immigrant youth should not have to live their lives in limbo, uncertainty and fear—they need permanent protections in the form of the DREAM Act, and they need them now.