Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday reiterated his promise to sue over President Donald Trump’s decision to scrap a program shielding immigrants who came to the United States illegally as children from deportation.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions outlined plans to recind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program during a late morning news conference Tuesday, and gave Congress six months to come up with an alternative.
Just minutes after Sessions made the announcement, Cuomo tweeted that New York would stand with DACA recipients.
“We will not stand by as the lives of 42,000 New York Dreamers are destroyed,” the governor said.
DACA — passed under the Obama administration in 2012 — applies to those who entered the country illegally before their 16th birthday, who have attended school or joined the military and who have not committed any serious crimes. Participants receive a renewable two-year period of protection from deportation and eligibility for a work permit.
An empty threat from an empty suit.
Isn’t it interesting how elected officials have no clue about Article II, Section 3, Clause 5 of the Constitution, which Obama violated by creating DACA by executive order, and at the state level, or lower, immigration is not within their province. So Congress, if you don’t like it, do your job, but proceed towards your own peril come election day next year.
Trump – “You wanna sue me? Take a number and get in line! We’ll talk in about 20 years!”
Why does the article state DACA was “passed”? It was a pen and a phone fascist decree.
ack fake news
How does one with the brainpower of algae. get to the governor of the state?
he will probably not recall even if asked.
Damnit! Somebody removed the hook.
@Extirptes:”How does one with the brainpower of algae. get to the governor of the state?”
When the majority of voters are pond scum.
This aught to work out well for the taxpayers of NY.
The anti-open borders people need to be sure and include the cost of this lawsuit when calculating the cost of illegal immigration.
Do the people of New York State like having their tax money spent on Foreigners?
I don’t think the Governor understands the issue of Standing in a law suit. A state has no standing in immigration issues which is the province of the Federal Government.
“We will not stand by as the ̶l̶i̶v̶e̶s̶ Democrat votes of 42,000 New York Dreamers are destroyed,” the governor said.
(Fixed that for him.)
There will be a Federal Judge that sides with him on this. ‘Temporary Restraining Order’ will be the order of the day.
My idiot governor of the state of Washington Jay Inslee and his Atty. Genl. Bob Ferguson have also threatened to sue Trump if he ends DACA. Go for it gents and find yourself on the wrong side of the law as usual.
Any Judge not upholding the law should be removed from the bench.
What is the basis of the suit? Do I get to sue him for not wearing purple and green socks? I know he is an attorney and attorneys become millionaires by filing frivolous lawsuits, but doesn’t there have to be some semblance of a case for there to be a lawsuit?
“Your Honor, we think it is wrong for the Federal Government to enforce the law as written and look out for the welfare of American citizens and legal residents before it worries about lawbreakers.”
If DACA favored Republicans, Dems would have waited less than 30 seconds to sue to have it declared unconstitutional.
What’s needed is Bader-Ginsberg leave, whichever way is most convenient, and another actual real conservative (or should I just say law-abiding) Judge appointed to SCOTUS and the good Governor can go pound sand. You know it would be kind of interesting if the black community were to realize that there well may have been 42,000 jobs that could have been theirs had their hero Obama not broken the law. There could be 42,000 jobs still available if they took a stand. That’s not even counting the illegal’s that are here taking work. I wonder what the Guv would have to say if the black community started to push back hard.
Even his best butt buddy Barky said that it was unconstitutional! Maybe the three stooges will argue his case for him!
Andy Cuomo wants to be the 2020 democrat presidential candidate.
He doesn’t care how much of the NY State taxpayer’s money he has to spend to gat it.
WHAT INSANITY IS THIS?
A President writes an ILLEGAL executive order, and the next President rescinds it, and he’s sued in court preventing him from doing so.
How is this even legally possible?
What a racist. Where are his black teeth?
Nothing will come of it, they have no legal footing.