Breaking: Judge Chesney (N.D. CA) issued a preliminary injunction blocking DHS effort to make fee waivers harder for #immigrants seeking #citizenship.
Kudos to @protctdemocracy @weareoneamerica @the_ILRC @cliniclegal @Carecen_LA @SelfHelpElderly @SeaCityAttorney @AAAJ_AAJC
@protctdemocracy @weareoneamerica @the_ILRC @cliniclegal @Carecen_LA @SelfHelpElderly @SeaCityAttorney @AAAJ_AAJC Press release just posted!
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@protctdemocracy @weareoneamerica @the_ILRC @cliniclegal @Carecen_LA @SelfHelpElderly @SeaCityAttorney @AAAJ_AAJC Quick background:
USCIS tried to make it harder for low-income #immigrants to qualify for a zero-fee #naturalization application, just by changing the required form. Instead of proving either low income or eligibility for means-tested benefits, only low income would be allowed.
@protctdemocracy @weareoneamerica @the_ILRC @cliniclegal @Carecen_LA @SelfHelpElderly @SeaCityAttorney @AAAJ_AAJC According to @cliniclegal, this could have reduced the number of people getting fee waivers by 2/3.
Today, a federal judge said that changing a form this way could be an end-run around the proper regulatory process.
(Geek version: Follow APA, not PRA)
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@protctdemocracy @weareoneamerica @the_ILRC @cliniclegal @Carecen_LA @SelfHelpElderly @SeaCityAttorney @AAAJ_AAJC DHS is now on notice that it can't sneak in major policy changes under the pretext of changing a gov't form.
And this doesn't bode well for the #immigration fee hike recently proposed by DHS, which would eliminate fee waivers entirely.
Judges don't like rulemaking mischief.
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