Local organizations, Mayor’s office, respond to restoration of DACA
On December 4, Judge Nicholas Garaufis of the United States District Court in Brooklyn, New York ordered the Trump administration to restore the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy to its original state during the Obama administration. Garaufis demanded that as early as December 7, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would have to begin accepting applications again, not just renewals. The fight to have DACA reinstated has been a long one, according to the executive director of the […]