2B Wednesday, September 13, 2017 Appeal Tribune
DACA ‘wind down’ draws ire, praise
LAUREN E HERNANDEZ
STATESMAN JOURNAL
Oregon officials had
mixed reactions Tuesday
following the announce-
ment to “wind down” a
program that allows
roughly 11,280 Oregon re-
cipients to live, study and
work in the United States,
or serve in the military,
without fear of being de-
ported.
U.S. Rep. Greg Walden,
R-Oregon, said the deci-
sion to phase out former
President Barack Oba-
ma’s Deferred Action for
Childhood Arrivals, or
DACA, program will lead
to much-needed immigra-
tion reform.
“Like all Americans, I
have compassion for
those who entered our
country unlawfully as
children and are now in
limbo in our immigration
system,” Walden said in a
statement. “These are
kids who know no other
country as their home and
were
brought
here
through no fault of their
own at a young age. It is up
to Congress to find a per-
manent solution.”
Walden said he appre-
ciates Trump’s under-
standing that Congress
must address the problem
in order to fix the United
State’s “broken” immigra-
tion system.
United States Attorney
General Jeff Sessions
said the Trump admini-
stration is giving Con-
gress six months to deter-
mine a legislative fix for
the program, calling DA-
CA an “unconstitutional
exercise of authority by
the executive branch.”
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden,
D-Oregon, was incensed.
“Ending DACA to ful-
fill a bigoted campaign
promise is cruel, unneces-
sary & undermines our
JONATHAN BACH / STATESMAN JOURNAL
More than 100 people gathered in front of the Oregon State Capitol to support Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA,
on the night of Sept. 3.
values,” Wyden tweeted.
He said DACA recipi-
ents, also called DREAM-
ers, make vital contribu-
tions to the United States.
Oregon Attorney Gen-
eral Ellen Rosenblum said
she is coordinating a legal
defense plan with 19 Dem-
ocratic attorneys general
who wrote a letter
supporting the program
and announced plans to
defend the looming cut.
“We may bring a law-
suit to preserve this pro-
gram. Stay tuned,” Rosen-
blum said.
Andrea Williams, exec-
utive director of immi-
grant rights organization
Causa Oregon,said the an-
nouncement is a “cruel
political move” that jeop-
ardizes the dreams of
more than 11,000 Oregon
DREAMers.
“The future of these
Oregonians is now in the
hands of Rep. Walden to
help pass the DREAM
Act,” Williams said.
Passing the DREAM
Act would essentially
grant permanent resident
status and allow DACA re-
cipients a pathway to citi-
zenship, Williams said.
Oregon Governor Kate
Brown tweeted she’s call-
ing on Congress to chal-
lenge Trump’s decision to
rescind DACA. She called
Trump’s immigration pol-
icies “reckless” and may
lead to undermining Ore-
gon’s economy.
An Institute on Tax-
ation & Economic Policy
report estimates that un-
documented immigrants
pay $11.64 billion in annu-
al state and local taxes na-
tionwide. In Oregon, un-
documented workers pay
roughly $81 million in
state taxes, according to a
2017 report.
“This effort from the
White House to punish
hundreds of thousands of
innocent young Ameri-
cans and split apart fam-
ilies goes against our
American values and fur-
ther divides our nation,”
Wyden said in a state-
ment. “Congress must
come together and work
on comprehensive immi-
gration reform and a fair
path
forward
for
DREAMers.”
Oregon House Speaker
Tina Kotek urged Con-
gress to reaffirm DACA
to protect DREAMers and
undocumented communi-
ties as a whole. The Demo-
crat called Trump’s deci-
sion to end the program a
“disgrace and a betrayal”
of America’s values.
“We are a better nation
than one that targets
hard-working young peo-
ple who trusted us to help
them pursue the Ameri-
can Dream,” Kotek said in
a statement.
Rosenblum joined Cau-
sa Oregon representa-
tives, Portland Communi-
ty College President
Mark Mitsui and a num-
ber of DACA recipients
Tuesday morning at Port-
land State University to
rally in support of the pro-
gram.
“(Trump’s) idea of a
‘better’ DACA program is
apparently to force these
talented young people
back into the shadows,”
Rosenblum said. “We will
sue and win!”
She said she was em-
barrassed ten of her attor-
ney general colleagues
succeeded in their threat
to pressure Trump into re-
scinding DACA.
“Their argument, ech-
oed by Jeff Sessions this
morning, was that Presi-
dent Obama exceeded his
executive authority in im-
plementing DACA,” Ro-
senblum said. “That is
just plain wrong.”
She points to Obama’s
program as being an ex-
ample of lawful prosecu-
torial discretion under the
Take Clause Act and that
the federal government
had the legal authority to
implement DACA.
Fatima Preciado, 19, a
Portland State University
political science major
and McKay High School
graduate, shared her
fears of deportation now
that she is no longer pro-
tected by the program.
Preciado,
awarded
2016 Oregon Youth of the
Year by the state’s Boys &
Girls Clubs, said she did
extensive
background
checks, biometric screen-
ings and paid $500 in fees
and legal costs to become
a DACA recipient.
“Despite 17 years of
my contributions and ser-
vice, my country still
doesn’t recognize me as
an American,” Preciado
said. “This is heartbreak-
ing and scary for me but I
am committed to fight for
the right to live in the
country I was raised, and
that I call home.”
Oregon joins lawsuit over plan to end DACA
LARRY NEUMEISTER
AND GENE JOHNSON
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK - Fifteen
states and the District of
Columbia sued Sept. 6 to
block President Donald
Trump’s plan to end a pro-
gram protecting young
immigrants from depor-
tation — an act Washing-
ton state’s attorney gener-
al called part of a “dark
time for our country.”
The lawsuit filed in
federal court in Brooklyn
asked a judge to conclude
that the president’s action
involving the Deferred
Action for Childhood Ar-
rivals program, or DACA,
is unconstitutional.
It called the move “a
culmination of President
Trump’s oft-stated com-
mitments ... to punish and
disparage people with
Mexican roots.”
Rescinding DACA will
also injure state-run col-
leges and universities, up-
set workplaces and dam-
age companies and econo-
mies that include immi-
grants covered under the
program, the lawsuit
says.
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“The consequence of
the president’s animus-
driven decision is that ap-
proximately 800,000 per-
sons who have availed
themselves of the pro-
gram will ultimately lose
its protections” and be ex-
posed to deportation, the
lawsuit says.
Attorney General Jeff
Sessions said Sept. 5 the
program will end in six
months so Congress can
have time to find a legisla-
tive solution for the peo-
ple in the program, who
were brought to the U.S.
illegally as children or
came with families who
overstayed visas.
Plaintiffs in the lawsuit
are New York, Massachu-
setts, Washington, Con-
necticut, Delaware, Dis-
trict of Columbia, Hawaii,
Illinois, Iowa, New Mexi-
co, North Carolina, Ore-
gon, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, Vermont and Vir-
ginia.
Under the move by
Trump, people already en-
rolled in DACA remain
covered until their per-
mits expire. If that hap-
pens before March 5, they
are eligible to renew them
for another two years as
long as they apply by Oct.
5. But the program isn’t
accepting new applica-
tions.
Opponents of the pro-
gram said they are
pleased with the Trump
administration’s decision.
They called DACA an un-
constitutional abuse of ex-
ecutive power.
Washington Gov. Jay
Inslee and Attorney Gen-
eral Bob Ferguson, both
Democrats,
called
Trump’s action cruel and
outrageous, given that the
decision was announced
by Sessions rather than
the president himself.
A half-dozen beneficia-
ries of DACA — young
adults from Mexico, Ven-
ezuela, Peru and else-
where, including some
now working at law firms
or for the state Legisla-
ture — flanked Inslee and
Ferguson at a news con-
ference in Seattle an-
nouncing the lawsuit.
“It’s outrageous, it’s
not right,” an emotional
Ferguson said. “As attor-
ney general for the state
of Washington, I have a
hammer, it’s the law.”
Inslee said, “This is one
more of a long train of
abuses that this president
has attempted to foist on
this great nation.”
Earlier this year, Fer-
guson sued Trump over
his travel ban, prompting
a federal judge to block
nationwide enforcement.
Johnson reported from
Seattle.
DAR celebrates Constitution Week
ANNETTE UTZ
SPECIAL TO THE APPEAL TRIBUNE
Sunday, September 17,
begins the national cele-
bration of Constitution
Week. The week-long
commemoration of the
American document is an
observance that often qui-
etly slips by.
“Our
Constitution
stands as a testament to
the tenacity of Americans
throughout history to
maintain their liberties
and freedom, and to en-
sure those inalienable
rights to every Ameri-
can,” said Linda Banister,
Vice Regent of the Stay-
ton Abigail Scott Duniway
Chapter of the Daughters
of the American Revolu-
tion.
The tradition of cele-
brating the Constitution
was started by the DAR.
In 1955, the Daughters
petitioned Congress to an-
nually set aside Septem-
ber 17-23 for the observ-
ance of Constitution
Week.
The resolution was lat-
er adopted by the U.S.
Congress and signed into
Public Law #915 on Au-
gust 2, 1956, by President
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The aim of the celebra-
tion is to emphasize citi-
zens’ responsibilities for
protecting and defending
the Constitution, preserv-
ing it for posterity; inform
the people that the Consti-
tution is the basis for
America’s heritage and
the foundation for a way
COURTESY OF USA250.ORG
DAR President General Ann T. Dillon, left, and DAR Honorary
President General and US Semiquincentennial Commissioner
Lynn F. Young, right, present a donation to NPS Acting
Northeast Regional Director Cynthia MacLeod.
of life;and to encourage
the study of the historical
events which led to the
framing of the Constitu-
tion in September 1787.
The Abigail Scott Duni-
way Chapter encourages
everyone to ring bells at 1
p.m. on September 17 to
celebrate the start of Con-
stitution Week. DAR is
hoping to hear the bells
peal simultaneously na-
tionwide as a reminder of
the occasion.
Beyond being involved
in Constitution Week, the
local DAR Chapter has
also announced that plan-
ning for the United States
Semiquincentennial
in
July 2026 has begun. The
National Society Daugh-
ters of the American Rev-
olution will play a signifi-
cant role in the planning
process due to the recent
appointment of Lynn For-
ney Young, DAR Honor-
ary President General, to
a national commission
created to plan celebra-
tions and commemora-
tions surrounding the an-
niversary.
On July 28, 2017, DAR
also presented the first
major gift to USA250 with
a $380,000 donation to the
National Park Service to
underwrite the planting
of 76 trees at Independ-
ence National Historical
Park.
The trees will be plant-
ed over the next three
years and mature as the
nation approaches its
250th anniversary.
“The Daughters of the
American Revolution, a
longtime champion of his-
toric preservation, educa-
tion and patriotism, is
honored to be represent-
ed on a prestigious com-
mittee with a mission so
closely aligned with its
own,” Chapter Regent Ky-
ra Bacheller said. “We
look forward to celebrat-
ing our nation’s incredible
history and fostering a re-
newed appreciation for all
of the Americans who
founded our nation and
ensured its progress
through the generations.”
USA250 is a 501(c)(3)
nonprofit
organization
based in Pennsylvania
that was founded to pro-
mote a celebration of the
Semiquincentennial and
to facilitate the United
States Semiquincenten-
nial Commission, which
was signed into Public
Law 114-196 in July 2016.
DAR is a nonprofit,
nonpolitical
volunteer
women’s service organi-
zation which has promot-
ed historic preservation,
education and patriotism
since its formation in
1890.
It has 183,000 members
with approximately 3,000
chapters in all 50 states
and 13 foreign countries.
For information about
DAR and its programs,
visit www.dar.org, email
the Abigail Scott Duniway
Chapter at abigailscottdu-
niway@gmail.com or call
503-769-5951.