New York Times
By Meera Srinivasan
March 8, 2016
Mayor
Bill de Blasio said on Tuesday that he was helping lead a coalition
seeking to influence a coming Supreme
Court case because President Obama’s executive action on immigration
would have a “direct, tangible impact” on at least 2.2 million New
Yorkers. The mayor spoke during a conference call with reporters.
Mr.
de Blasio, along with 100 mayors and county leaders, signed an amicus
brief to be filed in the case, United
States v. Texas, urging the court to let Mr. Obama’s program, which
gives temporary legal status to some undocumented immigrants, go
forward.
The brief comes as the Supreme Court prepares to hear a challenge to Mr. Obama’s 2014 overhaul of immigration
rules, which met sharp resistance from Congress and was blocked by a lower court. The case is expected to be heard in April.
The
executive action seeks to protect up to five million people from
deportation, allowing many of them to temporarily
work in the United States with no assurance of citizenship. It applies
to undocumented immigrants who entered the country illegally as children
or are parents of children who are American citizens.
All of the elected officials who signed on are Democrats, though nonpartisan organizations such as the United
States Conference of Mayors also joined.
“Immigrants
are part of the economic and social fabric of our cities and nation,”
Mr. de Blasio said in a statement
announcing the brief. “They work in and own businesses, shop in our
stores and send their children to our schools. But the long-delayed
implementation of the president’s executive action is tearing those
families and our communities apart.”
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