Coming Days to Rescind DACA
Trump Suggests He Will Try Again in the
Coming Days to Rescind DACA
Saturday, June 20, 2020
Click the Play Button, above, to see excerpts from the June 19, 2020 White House press briefing, during which the White House press Secretary responds to questions about DACA.
President Donald J. Trump and members of his Administration on Friday suggested that, notwithstanding a decision against him by the Supreme Court of the United States (the Court), his Administration will soon make another attempt to rescind a popular program that has protected as many as 800,000 young persons who have lived in the United States most of their lives after being brought illegally to the country as children. The President implied that he would soon act to bring the program to an end the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) via a series of posts on Twitter, a widely used microblogging platform, and his suggestion was reinforced later in the day by the White House Press Secretary.
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The Supreme Court's Decision on DACA Makes it Likely that Discussions about Immigration Will Be Included on This Weekend's Sunday Morning Public Affairs Programs Friday, June 19, 2020 News coverage of the events surrounding the killing of George Floyd and Rayshard Brooks at the hands of police officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Atlanta, Georgia, and the widespread protests and civil unrest that those killings spawned, have begun to recede, leaving room for reporting on other major stories, such as the resurgence in the United States of the COVID-19 pandemic, legislative efforts to reform policing, and the 2020 presidential and congressional elections. Add to that mix the June 18, 2020, decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that temporarily blocked the Trump Administration from rescinding the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program (DACA), and it seems likely that there will be discussions about immigration during the June 21, 2020, editions. of the five most prominent Sunday morning public affairs programs.
Among the guests on this weekend's programs who could participate in discussions about immigration are Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, who appears on two of the five programs; conservative leader Al Cardenas; Biden campaign aide Symone Sanders; and Trump campaign advisor Mercedes Schlapp.. A sneak peek at the guest lists for the upcoming June 21, 2020, editions of each of the five major broadcast and cable Sunday public affairs programs appears after the jump, along with previews of the likely or possible discussions on those programs about immigration and, refugees. House Judiciary Committee Approves Policing Reform Legislation Friday, June 19, 2020
Introduced by Congressional Black Caucus Chair Karen Bass (D-CA) and cosponsored by 230 Members of Congress (all Democrats), the measure is a reaction to the deaths over the last several weeks of George Floyd and Rayshard Brooks at the hands of police officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Atlanta, Georgia, and the widespread protests and civil unrest that those killings have spawned.
While the measure has few explicit references to immigrants, it is believed that its provisions relating to federal law enforcement agencies and officers would apply to federal immigration authorities, and the measure deals with racial profiling at both the federal and local levels. Supreme Court Rules that Trump Improperly Attempted to Rescind the DACA Program, Allowing it to Continue in Effect For Now Thursday, June 18, 2020
The Administration has the option of trying again right away to bring the program to an end, waiting until after the election to do so, or permitting the program to continue in place for the remainder of the Trump presidency.
Joining the Chief Justice in the 5-4 decision were the four Court liberals, Associate Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Steven G. Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elana Kagan. In the ruling, Roberts wrote that the Administration violated the Administrative Procedures Act when it attempted to rescind the program, saying that it did not properly weigh how ending the program would affect those who had come to rely on its protections against deportation, and the ability to work legally. He wrote in his opinion that the Administration had not "complied with the procedural requirement that it provide a reasoned explanation for its action. Here the agency failed to consider the conspicuous issues of whether to retain forbearance and what if anything to do about the hardship to DACA recipients. That dual failure raises doubts about whether the agency appreciated the scope of its discretion or exercised that discretion in a reasonable manner.” President Signs Bill to Protect the Human Rights of Uyghurs Wednesday, June 17, 2020 President Trump has signed legislation addressing the human rights situation facing Uyghurs in the People’s Republic of China. The President quietly signed the measure into law on Wednesday, June 17, 2020, just hours before leaks from a book authored by his former National Security Advisor alleged that Trump had expressed to the President of the Peoples Republic of China his support for the imprisonment of more than a million Uyghurs in Chinese concentration camps. The President's action today occurred in connection with S. 3744, the "Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020", legislation championed by Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ), The House passed the bipartisan measure on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, by a vote of 413-1, clearing it for the President's consideration by a veto-proof majority. The Senate had passed S. 3.744 on May 14, 2020, by unanimous consent.
The Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act was developed amid growing congressional frustration with what members on both sides of the aisle have perceived as President Trump’s unwillingness to make the human rights practices of foreign governments a priority, as well their perception that the President has been unwilling to challenge China, specifically, over its human rights abuses. As signed into law, the measure imposes sanctions on foreign individuals and entities responsible for human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region and require various reports on the topic.. Congress Inches Back Into the Arena with Several Proceedings Touching on Immigration Matters Scheduled for the Coming Week Saturday, June 13, 2020
Notwithstanding the lack of floor action on immigration- or refugee-related measures during the coming week, however, several proceedings touching on those subjects are scheduled in congressional committees.
In addition to the immigration-related legislative business in committees that is scheduled to take place during the coming week, immigration stakeholders and policymakers are looking forward to action that could come at any time on several matters that are outside of Congress's purview but, rather, in the hands of either the Supreme Court of the United States or the President:
Another Police Killing of an African American Snuffs Out Almost All Discussions of Immigration During the
June 14 Sunday Public Affairs Programs
Sunday, June 14, 2020
Click the Play Button, above, to see excerpts of instances in which the subjects of immigration or refugees were discussed during the June 14, 2020, Sunday public affairs programs.
Just when news coverage of events surrounding the killing of George Floyd at the hands of four Minneapolis, Minnesota police officers and the widespread protests and civil unrest that the killing has spawned had begun to recede, the late Saturday night killing of Rayshard Brooks by police in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia thrust the issue of African Americans dying at the hands of police officers in the United States back into prominence on the five most prominent Sunday morning public affairs programs. This left little room for discussions about other matters, including discussions about immigration, refugees, or ethnicity, Indeed, the only illusion came in a segment on demographics and the Republican party during NBC's "Meet the Press" program.
A summary of the discussions that took place during the June 14, 2020, Sunday morning public affairs programs, along with a link to video of those discussions, follows: Little Discussion about Immigration, Refugees, or Ethnicity Likely on This Weekend's Sunday Morning Public Affairs Programs Saturday, June 13, 2020 News coverage of the events surrounding the killing of George Floyd at the hands of four Minneapolis, Minnesota police officers, and the widespread protests and civil unrest that the killing spawned, have begun to recede, leaving room for reporting on other major stories, such as the resurgence in the United States of the COVID-19 pandemic, legislative efforts to reform policing, and the 2020 presidential and congressional elections. Accordingly, it is possible that there will be room on at least some of the June 14, 2020, editions. of the five most prominent Sunday morning public affairs programs for coverage of other issues, including room for discussions about immigration, refugees, or ethnicity,
Among the guests on this weekend's programs who could participate in discussions about immigration are Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN), who was admitted to the United States as a refugee when she was a child; journalist Helene Cooper, herself an immigrant, and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson, who appears on two of the five programs. A sneak peek at the guest lists for the upcoming June 14, 2020, editions of each of the five major broadcast and cable Sunday public affairs programs appears after the jump, along with previews of the likely or possible discussions on those programs about immigration and, refugees. No Legislative Action on Immigration- and Refugee-Related Matters Scheduled for the Coming Week Monday, June 8, 2020
While no immigration-related legislative business is scheduled this week in Congress, immigration stakeholders and policymakers are awaiting action that could come at any time on three matters that are outside of Congress's purview: a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on the legality of the Trump Administration's efforts to end the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; a decision by the President on whether to extend a suspension of most immigration into the United States, and a decision by the President on whether to sign a bill that Congress has sent him regarding human rights in China, Notwithstanding the absence of any scheduled legislative action on immigration and refugee matters during the week beginning June 8, the remainder of the month still could prove consequential for immigration policy watchers and stakeholders.
Powell, Rice, and Carson All Either Mention or Allude
to Immigrants or Immigration During This Week's Sunday Public Affairs Programs
Sunday, June 7, 2020
Click the Play Button, above, to see excerpts of instances in which the subjects of immigration or refugees were discussed during the June 7, 2020, Sunday public affairs programs.
For the second consecutive week, discussions about events surrounding the killing of George Floyd at the hands of four Minneapolis, Minnesota police officers, and the widespread protests and civil unrest that the killing has spawned, dominated the five most prominent Sunday morning public affairs programs. This left little room for discussions about immigration, refugees, or ethnicity,
Notwithstanding that, however, there were several discussions or references to immigrants or immigration during the June 7, 2020, edition of the top five Sunday morning public affairs programs. Indeed, there were five such discussions or mentions from three different guests on three different programs: former Secretaries of State Colin L. Powell and Condoleezza Rice and current Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson. A summary of the discussions that took place on those subjects during the June 7, 2020, Sunday morning public affairs programs, along with a link to video of those discussions, follows: |
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