Thread by @KarenTumlin

Here are my take aways from the the govt brief filed in the Batalla #DACA case now. As a recap, the Court ruled on Nov. 14 that the Wolf memo gutting DACA valid was issued without legal authority. The question in these briefs is what the court should require the govt to do. /1

THIS JUMPED OUT AT ME. 65,800 is the number of 1-year DACA grants and work permits issued since the unlawful Wolf memo. That's 65,800 people who got 1-year grants unlawfully and now should get 2-year grants /2

Also, the federal government agrees that the court should now set aside the Wolf memo & that relief should run nationwide to the class certified of all DACA recipients & DACA eligible individuals. AND, the federal govt agrees this means DACA should return to its 2012 version. /3

But the govt notes that it reserves its rights to appeal the decision of the court. They also note that DACA could be changed by further agency action or Congress. So, now is the time to speak up in support of DACA & the need to pass legislation for permanent protections. /4

The govt disagreed with a bunch of the requests that the plaintiffs made to ensure the federal government returns the DACA program to the pre-Wolf memo version. This will be up to the court to decide. /5

When we get a court decision we will be updating this page dacaclassaction.org to get information out to all impacted folks. /6

Once again, I am so inspired by our plaintiffs who are #DACAmented and undocumented leaders who have stood up against this unlawful policy change. They have shown, again, that #HomeIsHere. /6

So, there is no change tonight. The Wolf memo has not yet been set aside by a court order, but the briefing is complete and we now await a court ruling. We will update when we have that. But we do have more hope, created by the courage of DACAmented & undocumented leaders. 7/7