Here's my Friday afternoon decoder ring for today's Refugee cap debacle. 🧵

First, these aren't numbers. Refugees are people fleeing persecution and in the last 4 years our country has shamefully turned its back on refugees. We need to #WelcomeWithDignity /1
Biden pledged to reverse the historically low levels of refugee admissions set by Trump. Trump set a shamefully low cap at 15,000 refugees. Biden pledged to set a humane number of 62,500 refugees this year. But he backtracked & today announced he would keep Trump's number. /2
This came after weeks of inaction by Biden & a failure to set the actual admissions number. This resulted in real harm to real people. Flights were cancelled & people who had been waiting for years in the refugee process had to start required processing checks anew. /3
Then after outrage by refugee providers & advocates we got a second Friday WH announcement saying that this morning's Presidential proclamation was only its 1st announcement & that the WH will "set a final, increased refugee cap for the remainder of this fiscal year by May 15" /4
I have 2 thoughts on today's events.

💡Thought #1: The Biden admin has shown us that it knows how to do big, hard, transformative things. See the budget, see the economic stimulus plans, see the vaccine roll out. I want this Biden admin showing up in the immigration space. /5
I get it, COVID has caused processing delays, the immigration agencies are severely backlogged after 4 years of Trump + Miller rule. But now's the time to channel that we-do-hard-things spirit & tap into the moral clarity that we must do our part to help refugees reach safety. /6
💡Thought #2: As my mom tells me, the proof is in the pudding. If you want to admit more than 15,000 refugees this year, there's no time like today to say so and take the clear steps needed to reach a bolder target. You only miss the targets you fail to set for yourself. 7/7

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30 Mar
Going to put some thoughts on the Texas v. U.S. hearing here. Nina Perales @MALDEF and the state of NJ, both representing #DACA recipients have already given brief remarks.
The Biden DOJ is speaking now and is discussing the Friday announcement that DHS would begin a rulemaking on #DACA and saying at minimum it will make substantive changes to the program.
First question from the Judge to DOJ: when is that rule making going to happen, anticipating that Texas will say "judge we have been waiting years for a decision."
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26 Mar
Some Friday afternoon #DACA news. @TheJusticeDept just filed a notice before J. Hanen in the case brought by Texas challenging the legality of the DACA program. In that notice, DOJ says DHS intends to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing a new regulation on DACA /1
A status conference is set for March 30 @11 am CT in Houston where the parties will discuss what happens next. Just as a recap, the parties here are: Texas & other states trying to end the DACA program; @MALDEF & @NewJerseyOAG who have intervened to defend DACA & DOJ. /2
In a very welcome change, this will be the first time since this version of the case that DOJ will be defending #DACA. It's an important hearing to see what may come next in court. But we know that what needs to happen is for the Senate to pass #DREAM for a permanent solution. /3
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3 Feb
So, lots of immigration policy news tonight, and unlike the bad days of the Trump administration, these announcements are worthy of a nuanced look. Here’s my two cents
🪙🪙 1/9:
First, it’s clear that the Biden team has smart, thoughtful people with deep expertise working on immigration policy. They understand that #immigration is not just a @DHSgov thing, and they’re willing to look at all facets of the issue in every agency 2/9.
Second, though folks like to say that Trump built an invisible wall, it was really more of an obstacle course. The goal, of course, was to make it impossible for anyone to come & stay here. Read Sarah Stillman’s excellent @newyorker piece for more 3/9: newyorker.com/magazine/2021/…
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2 Dec 20
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
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14 Nov 20
Sharing some highlights from today's decision in our Batalla case on this thread.
1) Court holds that @DHS_Wolf was not lawfully appointed as Secretary of DHS
2) That means the gutting of the DACA program by Wolf is invalid.
3) The court certified a nationwide class 1/
@DHS_Wolf What does this mean for current #DACA recipients and those eligible to apply?
--The memo making DACA renewals only 1 years instead of 2 years is invalid
--The memo saying that new applicants cannot apply for DACA is invalid
--Advance parole should be restored to 2012 terms
2/
@DHS_Wolf What does the class certification mean?

It means that the court's order is NOT limited only to the named plaintiffs. Instead, the order applies to all people who are or will be eligible for DACA based on the terms of the program from 2012 (from the Obama Admin).

3/
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5 Jul 18
BREAKING: federal court in CA upholds all of CA's VALUES Act (SB 54) in stinging rebuke to Attorney General Sessions's attempt to scare states from passing policies to protect their communities' values. Opinion here: caed.uscourts.gov/caednew/assets… #CommunityTrust
@NDLON's legal director's @newman_chris on the USvCA decision: "the implementation and legal vindication of SB 54 has recently taken on a new meaning, serving as a political & policy blueprint—as a starting point for those seeking to remove ICE from their communities." /2
The court also rejected Sessions' challenge to CA's Dignity, Not Detention bill finding the requirement for the CA AG to review & report on the facilities the fed govt uses in CA to jail immigrants lawful. This provision = > important than ever given Trump's cruel policies. /3
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