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August 24, 2012

Immigration Agents Challenge Obama Reprieve for Undocumented Youth 
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A group of immigration agents are challenging the Obama administration's
policy suspending deportations for undocumented residents who came to
the United States as children. The lawsuit on behalf of 10 immigration
agents was filed in Texas by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who
helped draft the controversial anti-immigrant laws in Arizona and
Alabama and is an informal advisor to Republican candidate Mitt Romney.
The lawsuit alleges the Obama administration's Deferred Action for
Childhood Arrivals program prevents agents from detaining immigrants who
could threaten public safety. The new program grants temporary legal
status to live and work in the country to undocumented people who meet
certain conditions, including being under 31 as of June 15, 2012. Tens
of thousands of young undocumented immigrants stood in massive lines
across the country to apply for deferred action when the policy went
into effect last week.

 

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