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News India Times: Legal advocacy organization declares fight for DACA youth will continue in court
Despite the setback in a Texas court ruling on DACA, the fight for path to citizenship for immigrant youth and undocumented individuals will continue says the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, AALDEF.
In a statement released July 19, the organization deplored the July 16, 2021 ruling in Texas vs U.S. decision on the challenge led by the State of Texas to the 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy, which found DACA unlawful.
“DACA was never meant to be a long-term solution for undocumented youth,” Annie Wang, director of AALDEF’s Immigrant Justice Project, said in the press release’ “In light of Judge Hanen’s order and the uncertainty over DACA’s future, AALDEF stands with Asian and all immigrant communities to demand that Congress and the White House enact legislation that would provide a path to citizenship for young immigrants and others who are undocumented in this country.”