TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Liz Slagle Todaro on Nov 11, 2019

As the Supreme Court is set to hear arguments over the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, one of the attorneys joining in defense of the program is himself a "Dreamer," benefitting from DACA protection. Co-counsel Luis Cortes joins former Solicitor General Theodore Olson and a team of lawyers arguing that the actions taken by the Trump administration to end the program are arbitrary and subject to review by the courts. DACA shields from deportation nearly 700,000 immigrants who came to the United States before age 16 and meet other strict criteria. CNN has more about Cortes and Tuesday's arguments.