New York Legal professional Normal, Letitia James, is main a coalition of 20 attorneys normal in america in submitting an amicus transient in assist of the US federal programme “Maintaining Households Collectively”, which permits sure undocumented Caribbean and different spouses and stepchildren of US residents to use for everlasting residence.
The transient filed in america District Court docket for the Japanese District of Texas, argues that the federal authorities has the authority to implement this programme to guard household unity.
James and the coalition additionally argue that defending household unity has been an indicator of US immigration coverage for many years and needs to be upheld.
“Tearing households aside due to their immigration standing is extremely merciless,” stated James, including that the “Maintaining Households Collectively” programme affords mixed-status households a path to citizenship with out having to fret about being separated.
“It’s a commonsense coverage and that’s the reason I’m main a coalition of attorneys normal to assist this program and assist mixed-status households in New York and across the nation.”
James famous that, in August 2024, the US Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) introduced a course of beneath which sure undocumented spouses and stepchildren of US residents residing in america can apply for a discretionary grant of immigration parole.
She stated the method permits sure undocumented relations to use for everlasting residence with out first needing to depart america.
The coalition argues of their transient that the federal authorities has the authority to find out and implement immigration parole programmes.
The transient factors to a number of earlier parole-in-place immigration programmes that had been carried out going again many years for instance of the federal authorities’s authority over immigration parole programmes.
Furthermore, James and the coalition say that “Maintaining Households Collectively”is a core precept of US immigration coverage and has robust advantages for households, in addition to for neighbourhoods, communities and native economies.
Becoming a member of Legal professional Normal James in submitting Monday’s transient had been the attorneys normal of Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia.
