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Lawsuit Against Trump's DACA Policy Can Proceed, Judge Says
Source: Bloomberg News
By Patricia Hurtado
March 29, 2018, 1:18 PM EDT Updated on March 29, 2018, 1:55 PM EDT
Judge says plausible inference of racially biased policy
Ruling cites other Trump comments about Mexicans as thugs
President Donald Trump must defend a lawsuit targeting his plan to end a program offering protection from deportation for hundreds of thousands of children of undocumented immigrants after a federal judge said there was a plausible inference that it was illegally aimed at Mexicans.
U.S District Judge Nicholas Garaufis narrowed but didnt dismiss the suit on Thursday. He previously blocked the U.S. government from moving to deport those covered under the program, known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, but hadnt decided whether to allow the case to proceed.
On Thursday, Garaufis said those suing the U.S may proceed with a claim that Trumps policy was driven by unlawful racial animus against Latinos, and in particular, Mexicans, who make up about 78 percent of the program.
While the Trump administration argued the claim should be dismissed because there wasnt any evidence of any such motivation, the plaintiffs, including New York State and 15 state attorneys general as well as the District of Columbia, cited statements Trump has made describing Mexicans as "thugs," "animals" and "bad hombres."
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-29/dreamers-bias-lawsuit-against-trump-s-daca-policy-can-proceed
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Lawsuit Against Trump's DACA Policy Can Proceed, Judge Says (Original Post)
DonViejo
Mar 2018
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Gothmog
(145,129 posts)1. This will be a fun lawsuit to watch
BigmanPigman
(51,584 posts)2. YEAH! Some good judges still remain!
RESIST !
stopwastingmymoney
(2,041 posts)3. Kick