Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: Response to December 4, 2020, Order in Batalla Vidal, et al. v. Wolf, et al., 16-CV-4756 (NGG) (VMS) (E.D.N.Y.) and State of New York, et al. v. Trump, et al., 17-CV-5228 (NGG) (VMS) (E.D.N.Y.).

On November 14, 2020, Judge Nicholas George Garaufis of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York issued an opinion regarding the July 28, 2020 memorandum[1] signed by Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf.[2] On December 4, 2020, Judge Garaufis required the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to take certain actions to implement his November 14 opinion. As a result, effective December 7, 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is:
  • Accepting first-time requests for consideration of deferred action under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) based on the terms of the DACA policy in effect prior to September 5, 2017, and in accordance with the Court’s December 4, 2020, order;
  • Accepting DACA renewal requests based on the terms of the DACA policy in effect prior to September 5, 2017, and in accordance with the Court’s December 4, 2020, order;
  • Accepting applications for advance parole documents based on the terms of the DACA policy prior to September 5, 2017, and in accordance with the Court’s December 4, 2020, order;
  • Extending one-year grants of deferred action under DACA to two years; and
  • Extending one-year employment authorization documents under DACA to two years.
USCIS will take appropriate steps to provide evidence of the one-year extensions of deferred action and employment authorization documents under DACA to individuals who were issued documentation on or after July 28, 2020, with a one-year validity period under the Wolf Memorandum.
DHS will comply with Judge Garaufis’ order while it remains in effect, but DHS may seek relief from the order.

[1] Reconsideration of the June 15, 2012 Memorandum Entitled “Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children” (Wolf Memorandum).
[2] Batalla Vidal, et al. v. Wolf, et al., 16-CV-4756 (NGG) (VMS), 2020 WL 6695076 (E.D.N.Y. Nov. 14, 2020); State of New York, et al. v. Trump, et al., 17-CV-5228 (NGG) (VMS), 2020 WL 6695076 (E.D.N.Y. Nov. 14, 2020).

推迟儿童到达行动:对2020年12月4日的命令,Batalla Vidal等人。诉Wolf等人,16-CV-4756(NGG)(VMS)(EDNY)和纽约州等人。v.Trump等,17-CV-5228(NGG)(VMS)(EDNY)。

2020年11月14日,美国纽约东区地方法院法官Nicholas George Garaufis对代理秘书Chad F. Wolf签署的2020年7月28日备忘录[1]发表了意见[2] 2020年12月4日,加洛菲斯法官要求国土安全部(DHS)采取某些行动,以执行其11月14日的意见。因此,自2020年12月7日起,美国公民及移民服务(USCIS)为:
  • 根据2017年9月5日之前生效的DACA政策的条款,并根据法院2020年12月4日的命令,首次接受《推迟儿童到达行动(DACA)》下的推迟行动审议请求;
  • 根据2017年9月5日之前生效的DACA政策条款并根据法院2020年12月4日的命令接受DACA更新请求;
  • 根据DACA政策的条款,在2017年9月5日之前并根据法院的2020年12月4日的命令接受预先假释文件的申请;
  • 将根据DACA延期行动的一年补助金延长至两年;
  • 将DACA下的一年雇佣许可文件延长至两年。
美国公民及移民服务局将采取适当步骤,向在2020年7月28日或之后签发文件的个人提供根据DACA延期行动和就业授权文件的一年延期的证据,根据狼备忘录,该文件的有效期为一年。
国土安全部将继续执行Garaufis法官的命令,但该命令仍可寻求缓解。

[1]重审2012年6月15日的备忘录,题为“对作为儿童来美国的个人行使检控自由裁量权”(Wolf备忘录)。
[2] Batalla Vidal等。v.Wolf等人,16-CV-4756(NGG)(VMS),2020年WL 6695076(EDNY,2020年11月14日);纽约州等。v.Trump等人,17-CV-5228(NGG)(VMS),2020年WL 6695076(EDNY 2020年11月14日)。
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