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    D.H.S. Memorandum on Rescission Of DACA (Not EXPIRE)

    Memorandum on Rescission Of Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals (DACA)

    Release Date:
    September 5, 2017

    MEMORANDUM FOR:
    James W. McCament
    Acting Director
    U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

    Thomas D. Homan
    Acting Director
    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

    Kevin K. McAleenan
    Acting Commissioner
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection

    Joseph B. Maher
    Acting General Counsel

    Ambassador James D. Nealon
    Assistant Secretary, International Engagement

    Julie M. Kirchner
    Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman


    FROM:

    Elaine C. Duke
    Acting Secretary


    SUBJECT:

    Rescission of the June 15, 2012 Memorandum Entitled “Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children”

    This memorandum rescinds the June 15, 2012 memorandum entitled “Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children,” which established the program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”). For the reasons and in the manner outlined below, Department of Homeland Security personnel shall take all appropriate actions to execute a wind-down of the program, consistent with the parameters established in this memorandum.


    Background


    The Department of Homeland Security established DACA through the issuance of a memorandum on June 15, 2012. The program purported to use deferred action—an act of prosecutorial discretion meant to be applied only on an individualized case-by-case basis—to confer certain benefits to illegal aliens that Congress had not otherwise acted to provide by law.[1] Specifically, DACA provided certain illegal aliens who entered the United States before the age of sixteen a period of deferred action and eligibility to request employment authorization.

    On November 20, 2014, the Department issued a new memorandum, expanding the parameters of DACA and creating a new policy called Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (“DAPA”). Among other things—such as the expansion of the coverage criteria under the 2012 DACA policy to encompass aliens with a wider range of ages and arrival dates, and lengthening the period of deferred action and work authorization from two years to three—the November 20, 2014 memorandum directed USCIS “to establish a process, similar to DACA, for exercising prosecutorial discretion through the use of deferred action, on a case-by-case basis,” to certain aliens who have “a son or daughter who is a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident.”


    Prior to the implementation of DAPA, twenty-six states—led by Texas—challenged the policies announced in the November 20, 2014 memorandum in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. In an order issued on February 16, 2015, the district court preliminarily enjoined the policies nationwide.[2] The district court held that the plaintiff states were likely to succeed on their claim that the DAPA program did not comply with relevant authorities.


    The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed, holding that Texas and the other states had demonstrated a substantial likelihood of success on the merits and satisfied the other requirements for a preliminary injunction.[3] The Fifth Circuit concluded that the Department’s DAPA policy conflicted with the discretion authorized by Congress. In considering the DAPA program, the court noted that the Immigration and Nationality Act “flatly does not permit the reclassification of millions of illegal aliens as lawfully present and thereby make them newly eligible for a host of federal and state benefits, including work authorization.”

    According to the court, “DAPA is foreclosed by Congress’s careful plan; the program is ‘manifestly contrary to the statute’ and therefore was properly enjoined.”


    Although the original DACA policy was not challenged in the lawsuit, both the district and appellate court decisions relied on factual findings about the implementation of the 2012 DACA memorandum. The Fifth Circuit agreed with the lower court that DACA decisions were not truly discretionary,[4] and that DAPA and expanded DACA would be substantially similar in execution. Both the district court and the Fifth Circuit concluded that implementation of the program did not comply with the Administrative Procedure Act because the Department did not implement it through notice-and-comment rulemaking.


    The Supreme Court affirmed the Fifth Circuit’s ruling by equally divided vote (4-4).[5] The evenly divided ruling resulted in the Fifth Circuit order being affirmed. The preliminary injunction therefore remains in place today. In October 2016, the Supreme Court denied a request from DHS to rehear the case upon the appointment of a new Justice. After the 2016 election, both parties agreed to a stay in litigation to allow the new administration to review these issues.


    On January 25, 2017, President Trump issued Executive Order No. 13,768, “Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States.” In that Order, the President directed federal agencies to “[e]nsure the faithful execution of the immigration laws . . . against all removable aliens,” and established new immigration enforcement priorities. On February 20, 2017, then Secretary of Homeland Security John F. Kelly issued an implementing memorandum, stating “the Department no longer will exempt classes or categories of removable aliens from potential enforcement,” except as provided in the Department’s June 15, 2012 memorandum establishing DACA,[6] and the November 20, 2014 memorandum establishing DAPA and expanding DACA.[7]


    On June 15, 2017, after consulting with the Attorney General, and considering the likelihood of success on the merits of the ongoing litigation, then Secretary John F. Kelly issued a memorandum rescinding DAPA and the expansion of DACA—but temporarily left in place the June 15, 2012 memorandum that initially created the DACA program.


    Then, on June 29, 2017, Texas, along with several other states, sent a letter to Attorney General Sessions asserting that the original 2012 DACA memorandum is unlawful for the same reasons stated in the Fifth Circuit and district court opinions regarding DAPA and expanded DACA. The letter notes that if DHS does not rescind the DACA memo by September 5, 2017, the States will seek to amend the DAPA lawsuit to include a challenge to DACA.


    The Attorney General sent a letter to the Department on September 4, 2017, articulating his legal determination that DACA “was effectuated by the previous administration through executive action, without proper statutory authority and
    with no established end-date, after Congress' repeated rejection of proposed legislation that would have accomplished a similar result. Such an open-ended circumvention of immigration laws was an unconstitutional exercise of authority by the Executive Branch.” The letter further stated that because DACA “has the same legal and constitutional defects that the courts recognized as to DAPA, it is likely that potentially imminent litigation would yield similar results with respect to DACA.” Nevertheless, in light of the administrative complexities associated with ending the program, he recommended that the Department wind it down in an efficient and orderly fashion, and his office has reviewed the terms on which our Department will do so.

    Rescission of the June 15, 2012 DACA Memorandum


    Taking into consideration the Supreme Court’s and the Fifth Circuit’s rulings in the ongoing litigation, and the September 4, 2017 letter from the Attorney General, it is clear that the June 15, 2012 DACA program should be terminated. In the exercise of my authority in establishing national immigration policies and priorities, except for the purposes explicitly identified below, I hereby rescind the June 15, 2012 memorandum.

    Recognizing the complexities associated with winding down the program, the Department will provide a limited window in which it will adjudicate certain requests for DACA and associated applications meeting certain parameters specified below.

    Accordingly, effective immediately, the Department:


    • Will adjudicate—on an individual, case-by-case basis—properly filed pending DACA initial requests and associated applications for Employment Authorization Documents that have been accepted by the Department as of the date of this memorandum.
    • Will reject all DACA initial requests and associated applications for Employment Authorization Documents filed after the date of this memorandum.
    • Will adjudicate—on an individual, case by case basis—properly filed pending DACA renewal requests and associated applications for Employment Authorization Documents from current beneficiaries that have been accepted by the Department as of the date of this memorandum, and from current beneficiaries whose benefits will expire between the date of this memorandum and March 5, 2018 that have been accepted by the Department as of October 5, 2017.
    • Will reject all DACA renewal requests and associated applications for Employment Authorization Documents filed outside of the parameters specified above.
    • Will not terminate the grants of previously issued deferred action or revoke Employment Authorization Documents solely based on the directives in this memorandum for the remaining duration of their validity periods.
    • Will not approve any new Form I-131 applications for advance parole under standards associated with the DACA program, although it will generally honor the stated validity period for previously approved applications for advance parole. Notwithstanding the continued validity of advance parole approvals previously granted, CBP will—of course—retain the authority it has always had and exercised in determining the admissibility of any person presenting at the border and the eligibility of such persons for parole. Further, USCIS will—of course—retain the authority to revoke or terminate an advance parole document at any time.
    • Will administratively close all pending Form I-131 applications for advance parole filed under standards associated with the DACA program, and will refund all associated fees.
    • Will continue to exercise its discretionary authority to terminate or deny deferred action at any time when immigration officials determine termination or denial of deferred action is appropriate.


    This document is not intended to, does not, and may not be relied upon to create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law by any party in any administrative, civil, or criminal matter. Likewise, no limitations are placed by this guidance on the otherwise lawful enforcement or litigation prerogatives of DHS.


    [1] Significantly, while the DACA denial notice indicates the decision to deny is made in the unreviewable discretion of USCIS, USCIS has not been able to identify specific denial cases where an applicant appeared to satisfy the programmatic categorical criteria as outlined in the June 15, 2012 memorandum, but still had his or her application denied based solely upon discretion.

    [2] Texas v. United States, 86 F. Supp. 3d 591 (S.D. Tex. 2015).

    [3] Texas v. United States, 809 F.3d 134 (5th Cir. 2015).

    [4] Id.

    [5] United States v. Texas, 136 S. Ct. 2271 (2016) (per curiam).

    [6] Memorandum from Janet Napolitano, Secretary, DHS to David Aguilar, Acting Comm’r, CBP, et al., “Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children” (June 15, 2012).

    [7] Memorandum from Jeh Johnson, Secretary, DHS, to Leon Rodriguez, Dir., USCIS, et al., “Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children and with Respect to Certain Individuals Whose Parents are U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents” (Nov. 20, 2014).


    Topics:
    Border Security,
    Deferred Action


    Keywords:
    DACA,
    Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals


    Last Published Date: September 5, 2017

    https://www.dhs.gov/news/2017/09/05/...escission-daca
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    DACA did NOT expire.

    re·scis·sion
    rəˈsiZHən/
    noun


    • the revocation, cancellation, or repeal of a law, order, or agreement.
      synonyms: revocation, repeal, annulment, nullification, invalidation, voiding; formal abrogation
      "the rescission of the contract"

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    DACA did NOT expire.

    re·scis·sion
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    noun


    • the revocation, cancellation, or repeal of a law, order, or agreement.
      synonyms: revocation, repeal, annulment, nullification, invalidation, voiding; formal abrogation
      "the rescission of the contract"


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    The Attorney General sent a letter to the Department on September 4, 2017, articulating his legal determination that DACA “was effectuated by the previous administration through executive action, without proper statutory authority and with no established end-date, after Congress' repeated rejection of proposed legislation that would have accomplished a similar result.
    I certainly hope Judy sees this so we can once and for all put to bed her claim that DACA actually had an expiration date!



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    It expired June 15, 2017 but was extended with no "established end-date" by Kelly. The end-date was 2 years from the commencement date and then 2 years from that date by the Director of USCIS, which was then extended from a 2 year renewal to a 3 year renewal when Johnson added DACA Expansion and DAPA.

    It's true that there was no established end-date after June 15, 2017 when it was extended by John Kelly for an indeterminate period of time because of the Texas lawsuit.

    These are just simple facts well-documented and part of the public records in DHS.
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    It's true that there was no established end-date
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    There was no established end-date after June 15, 2017.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Judy View Post
    It expired June 15, 2017 but was extended with no "established end-date" by Kelly. The end-date was 2 years from the commencement date and then 2 years from that date by the Director of USCIS, which was then extended from a 2 year renewal to a 3 year renewal when Johnson added DACA Expansion and DAPA.

    It's true that there was no established end-date after June 15, 2017 when it was extended by John Kelly for an indeterminate period of time because of the Texas lawsuit.

    These are just simple facts well-documented and part of the public records in DHS.
    One of us is obviously lacking in our reading comprehension skills. There was no DACA expiration date ...... none, nada, zero, zilch. No end date or expiration date ever existed for the DACA program (until now of course).

    I don't know what to think of someone who purposely denies the truth when it is placed right before their own eyes:

    The Attorney General sent a letter to the Department on September 4, 2017, articulating his legal determination that DACA “was effectuated by the previous administration through executive action, without proper statutory authority and with no established end-date, after Congress' repeated rejection of proposed legislation that would have accomplished a similar result.
    I understand your eagerness and tenacity to provide Trump cover in the form of excuses, but this is just getting beyond the ridiculous.

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    A two year program dated June 15, 2012, subject to renewal, ends by its terms 2 years later unless it's renewed. If it's not renewed, it expires. This is basic legal knowledge of all agreements and legal terms in the United States. It is not necessary to state the "end-date", it ends 2 years later unless it's renewed. If you extend it for some indeterminate time as Kelly did on June 15, 2017, the expiration date, then there is no expiration date and it has to be terminated or rescinded unless the extension was tied to the dismissal of the lawsuit. I expected them to dispense with the Texas lawsuit which would have been the expiration date of September 5 for the program, but that lawsuit hasn't been dispensed with as of this morning, I guess it will be this afternoon unless Texas asked for another extension to weigh the decision from DOJ.

    If it is a rescinding separate from the lawsuit dismissal, rather than an expiration with the dismissal of the lawsuit, then that may open some doors for other lawsuits because that would change it from a simple expiration of a program merely extended for proper dismissal of a lawsuit to a deliberate purposeful act of cancellation midstream.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Judy View Post
    A two year program dated June 15, 2012, subject to renewal, ends by its terms 2 years later unless it's renewed. If it's not renewed, it expires. This is basic legal knowledge of all agreements and legal terms in the United States. It is not necessary to state the "end-date", it ends 2 years later unless it's renewed. If you extend it for some indeterminate time as Kelly did on June 15, 2017, the expiration date, then there is no expiration date and it has to be terminated or rescinded unless the extension was tied to the dismissal of the lawsuit. I expected them to dispense with the Texas lawsuit which would have been the expiration date of September 5 for the program, but that lawsuit hasn't been dispensed with as of this morning, I guess it will be this afternoon unless Texas asked for another extension to weigh the decision from DOJ.

    If it is a rescinding separate from the lawsuit dismissal, rather than an expiration with the dismissal of the lawsuit, then that may open some doors for other lawsuits because that would change it from a simple expiration of a program merely extended for proper dismissal of a lawsuit to a deliberate purposeful act of cancellation midstream.
    You're seriously confused. The facts have been explained and shown to you. Your failure to grasp and embrace the truth is one you.

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    If everyone got their DACA on the same date then you could have a end date. I know for a fact that they did not issue all 800,000 on the same day and are still accepting new applications that were in the mail no later then 9/5/17.
    If they were to use 9/5/17 on all that are still in mail or being proccessed the earliest end to DACA would be 9/5/19.

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