Brown Among 19 Universities Urging Supreme Court to Uphold DACA
GoLocalProv News Team
Brown Among 19 Universities Urging Supreme Court to Uphold DACA
The program has allowed nearly 800,000 undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children to stay in the country.
Read the Brief HERE
“‘Like their peers,’ the DACA students on amici’s campuses ‘are extraordinarily talented young people who... aspire to be leaders in public service, science, business, medicine, and the arts,” the brief states.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTIt adds, “They embody the drive and determination that has made the United States the most prosperous and innovative country in the world.’ And by virtue of DACA... these students have been able for the first time to access educational and life opportunities on nearly equal terms with their peers.”
Oral arguments are scheduled to be heard in the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 12, 2019.
The Brief
Filed in the case Department of Homeland Security et al. v. Regents of the University of California et al., the amicus brief argues in support of continuing the investment America has made in DACA students.
The brief highlights at Brown, including the University’s consideration of how prospective students’ “unique talents, accomplishments, energy, curiosity, perspective, and identity might weave into the ever-changing tapestry that is Brown.”
In arguing that rescinding DACA would deprive the nation of invaluable resources, the brief includes a passage from an August 2017 letter from Brown President Christina Paxson to U.S. President Donald Trump, in which Paxson urged Trump to preserve DACA. Paxson wrote, in part:
Generations of immigrants who have made America what it is today arrived here full of hope for what they could accomplish in a land of opportunity. They knew that it would take hard work, perseverance, grit, and determination to succeed. Their hard work bound them to this nation that would become their home; their families became Americans.
These hard-working people built the businesses, civic organizations, schools and communities that thrive and flourish today, and this country was made better and stronger for their contributions. This is no less true for the individuals who have Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status that grants them the right to work and be educated in this country.
Other Universities Involved
Besides Brown, other colleges and universities that are involved include, California Institute of Technology, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Duke University, Emory University, Georgetown University, George Washington University, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New York University, Northwestern University, Stanford University, the University of Chicago, the University of Pennsylvania, Vanderbilt University, Washington University in St. Louis and Yale University