Together with our friends and fellow #immigration lawyers @gsiskind and #JeffJoseph, @Immigrant_Atty, We have just filed legal action against President Trump, Secretary Pompeo and @StateDept, seeking to stop the #ImmigrationBan as it applies to 149 Diversity Lottery Selectees.
President Trump acted illegally when he ended the Diversity Lottery 2020 program, something that he has talked about wanting to do for the last four years. The President does NOT have the authority to overturn the entire statutory scheme of immigration created by Congress.
By acting in this unlawful manner, Trump violates the Take Care clause of the U.S. Constitution, and he operates outside the boundaries of INA 212(f), which requires specific actions in order to fulfill its requirements, actions the President failed to take.
Secretary Pompeo and the Department of State have also acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner, abused their discretion and violated the Administrative Procedures Act in failing to observe existing rules, policies and regulations
that are designed to ensure that Diversity Lottery Applicants are processed for their immigrant visas in the fiscal year in which they are selected, and to maximize the usage of available visa immigrant visa numbers for the fiscal year.
“Good people who have in good faith relied upon the good name of the United States neither deserve nor should expect to be cast aside at the whim of President who refuses to obey the law.”
Filed in The District Court of the District if Colombia. Case # Civil Action No. 20-1926
Filed in The District Court of the District if Colombia. Case # Civil Action No. 20-1926
