Harris, Colleagues File Amicus Brief in Support of DACA in the Supreme Court

Statement

U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) on Friday joined Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), and 46 current and former Senators in filing an amicus brief in the Supreme Court in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The Supreme Court will hear arguments on DACA on November 12, 2019. President Trump terminated the DACA program on September 5, 2017, throwing the lives of nearly 800,000 DREAMers into chaos.

"President Trump's decision to end DACA went against our values as a country. He has shown time and time again that he would rather use immigrants as political bargaining chips instead of treating them as human beings. That's why I joined my Senate colleagues in an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to protect DACA recipients and our ideals of welcoming immigrants. Make no mistake, we will keep fighting until DREAMers have a fair shot at the American dream," said Senator Harris.

In June, the House passed the American Dream and Promise Act of 2019. This legislation will establish a path to citizenship for DREAMers and immigrants with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) or Deferred Enforced Departure (DED), whose protections President Trump has also ended. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has refused to allow a debate or vote on the bill for more than 100 days. For the past two years, President Trump rejected at least six different bipartisan proposals to solve the DACA crisis that he created.