Update | The Week of November 27, 2017
Jeffrey Stein // 12/3/17 //
Changing his earlier position, President Trump announced that he did not see a deal with Senator Chuck Schumer and Rep. Nancy Pelosi on protecting the “Dreamers” (L.A. Times).
- In response, Senator Schumer and Rep. Pelosi declined to meet with President Trump.
- President Trump responded that he is unsurprised at the refusal to meet.
A jury acquitted an undocumented immigrant of murder in a case that President Trump often used as a rallying cry in support of his immigration agenda (NYT).
The federal government rejected almost a thousand applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program because the applicants were stuck in the mail (NYT).
While the government continues to defend the latest iteration of the Travel Ban, President Trump’s recent tweets indicate the bias against Muslims underlying the law, argues Amrit Cheng at the ACLU.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents mistakenly detained a U.S. citizen for four days, and civil rights group allege that no information suggested he was an undocumented immigrant (LA Times).
Americans’ views on immigration depend on whether the potential immigrant is a man, woman, or child, write Timothy S. Rich and Maggie Sullivan at WaPo.
It will take a minimum of seven months to implement any legislation aimed at protecting beneficiaries of the rescinded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Act, write Jacinta Ma and Kristie de Peña at The Hill.
A merit-based immigration system would help Americans and skilled foreigners, writes Deena Flinchum at The Hill.
U.S. citizens can be mistakenly targeted for deportation, write Joel Rubin and Paige St. John at the L.A. Times.
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), a longtime advocate for immigration reform, will not seek reelection (WaPo).
Judicial rulings against President Trump’s effort to deny federal funds to sanctuary cities are also victories for federalism and separation of powers, contends Ilya Somin at The Volokh Conspiracy.
Increased deportations in Atlanta could prove a model for the rest of the country as the Trump Administration continues to target undocumented immigrants, writes Vivian Yee at the New York Times.