News Release
Mayor Warren, City of Rochester, Joins 25 Local
Governments on Amicus Brief to Protect the DACA Program
(Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017) – Mayor Lovely A. Warren
announced today that Rochester has joined with 25 other cities and the U.S.
Conference of Mayors in signing on to an amicus brief filed to halt the
termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The
legal document seeks an injunction against the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security to prevent the federal government from ending the program or using
information obtained from DACA applicants for deportation proceedings.
“DACA is synonymous with the American Dream,” said Mayor
Warren. “No matter where you come from or what your background is, if you are
willing to work hard, you can make it in America. President Trump’s intent to end DACA is wrong,
and un-American. I am proud to join with my colleagues from across the country
to stand up to protect DACA and I pledge to continue doing everything in my
power to protect our citizens from the damaging policies of the Trump
administration.”
The amicus brief states that local jurisdictions will
suffer direct economic harm if DACA is rescinded due to the removal of hundreds
of thousands of workers, business owners and taxpayers from their respective
economies. This is particularly true in Rochester, with its concentration of
higher educational institutions and high-tech industries.
The brief also states that ending DACA will make
communities less safe and would lead to DACA recipients being much less likely
to report criminal activity to law enforcement out of fear of deportation.
The complete list of entities signing the brief is: The
City of Los Angeles, California; the City of Austin, Texas; the City of Boston,
Massachusetts, the City of Cambridge, Massachusetts; the City of Chelsea,
Massachusetts; the City of Chicago, Illinois; Cook County, Illinois; the City
and County of Denver, Colorado; the District of Columbia; the City and County
of Honolulu, Hawaii; the City of Houston, Texas; King County, Washington; the
City of Minneapolis, Minnesota; the City of New York, New York; the City of
Oakland, California; the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; the City of
Portland, Oregon; the City of Providence, Rhode Island; the City of Sacramento,
California; the City and County of San Francisco, California; the City of
Somerville, Massachusetts; the City of Rochester, New York; the City of Santa
Monica, California; the City of Seattle, Washington; the City of Tucson,
Arizona; the City of West Hollywood, California; and the United States
Conference of Mayors.
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