By CMSC staff, November 2, 2017
The California Attorney General's office has filed a brief for a preliminary injunction against the Department of Homeland Security's decision to cancel DACA on September 5, 2017. The CMSC was called upon to provide a declaration in support of the brief filed by the Attorney General's office that argues against the cancellation of advance parole prior to the September 5th action by HSA and during the six month grace period allowing DACA to exist until March 5, 2018. The following are the key points of Professor Armando Vazquez-Ramos' declaration:
- The CMSC’s California-Mexico Dreamers Study Abroad Program had filed 72 Applications for Advance Parole prior to September 5, 2017 and professor Armando Vazquez-Ramos, in his capacity as CMSC President & CEO, formally appealed to the California Attorney General and University of California President to seek injunctive relief through their respective lawsuits on September 17, 2017.
- The termination of DACA by the Trump administration and the retroactive suspension of DACA’s Advance Parole provision, has jeopardized the CMSC’s Winter 2017 California-Mexico Dreamers Study Abroad Program (scheduled for December 22, 2017 to January 14, 2018), and arbitrarily has denied without due process the inherent Advance Parole benefits to the 72 participants in the program, and possibly hundreds more that had applied for Advance Parole approval prior to September 5, 2017.
- Thus, an injunction could prevent the hardship and emotional suffering caused upon this group of Dreamers that complied with all the Advance Parole requirements established under DACA, and who represent a constituency directly affected by the discriminatory, punitive and prejudiced action of the federal government.
- This declaration supports the California Attorney General’s petition for a preliminary injunction, due to prejudiced and discriminatory actions by the U.S. Homeland Security Administration against DACA-protected immigrants, and the denial of due process protection guaranteed by the 5th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution.
AV-R's Declaration for AG's brief, Oct. 27, 2017 (Draft Signed for publication)
Source: By CMSC staff, November 4, 2017
