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Microsoft, Apple and other large American firms launch a campaign to support dreamers

2022-10-20T12:36:56.664Z


An ad published in The Wall Street Journal, The Dallas Morning News, and The Charlotte Observer warns congressional leaders that ending DACA would hurt the economy.


By Julia Ainsley, Sahil Kapur and Julie Tsirkin -

NBC News

Microsoft, Apple, Meta and dozens of other Fortune 500 companies launched a publicity campaign Thursday to pressure Congress to pass a new law to secure the fate of migrants known as dreamers, part of a last-ditch effort to save the protections, as the federal courts appear likely to end the executive order that has protected them since 2012.

But both Republican and Democratic advisers in the Senate say the effort is unlikely to work and predict that Dreamers will most likely begin to lose their work authorization and their security from deportation sometime early next year. year.

[An appeals court allows DACA recipients to continue renewing protections and work permits]

Republicans, who are expected to boost their numbers in Congress in November's midterm elections, are largely opposed to protecting Dreamers unless Democrats make significant concessions to beef up border security and turn away asylum seekers. , which they are unlikely to do. 

More than 600,000 Dreamers - children brought to the United States as infants but who lack legal status - are protected under the 2012 executive order known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), and advocates say that hundreds of thousands more are eligible.

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The ad, which runs in The Wall Street Journal, The Dallas Morning News and The Charlotte Observer, warns congressional leaders that ending DACA would hurt the economy.

“Collectively, we represent the backbone of an American economy facing tremendous workforce challenges as a result of the pandemic.

We face another crisis if Congress fails to act on an issue that has strong bipartisan support from the American people," the letter, signed by Target, Starbucks, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, Apple, Google, MGM Resorts and other companies, says. as well as the Business Round Table.

[The White House prepares to protect Dreamers against a possible court defeat that would end DACA]

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently ruled that DACA was illegal, but allowed more than 600,000 current DACA recipients to keep their status while a lower court reviewed a new DACA rule that the Biden administration introduced.

Last Friday, lower court Judge Andrew Hannen of the United States District Court for Southern Texas asked for more information from both sides.

Ultimately, he is expected to speak out against the new DACA rule, since he deemed its previous iteration illegal.

Activists listen during a news conference marking the 10th anniversary of the passage of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 15, 2022, in Washington DC Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Image

The case could ultimately reach the Supreme Court.

Although judges in 2020 blocked the Trump Administration from ending DACA, legal experts believe the now more conservative court will ultimately rule that DACA itself is illegal, particularly because it allows work authorization for undocumented migrants. .

Recent court rulings spell the end of DACA, according to program advocates.

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“Tragically, the Fifth Circuit and the courts have made it clear that not only have they ruled that the current DACA rule is illegal, but the new DACA rule will be illegal as well,” said Todd Schulte, the president and CEO of FWD.US. , a group that has advocated for the continuation of DACA.

“DACA is a dead zombie program — the question now is whether Congress will actually pass anything in the

lame duck

[last term], which could be the last chance before the horror of nearly 700,000 DACA recipients being forced to quit their jobs and be subject to deportation," he said.

Apple CEO Tim Cook said, “Dreamers are an essential part of the fabric of our nation.

They make our communities stronger, they make our companies more innovative, and they deserve the right to live in America with dignity.

I am with the bipartisan majority of Americans who agree that granting permanent protections to Dreamers is the right thing to do.

It is time for Congress to act.”


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DACA legislation would need at least 10 Republicans to sign it to pass the Senate, which is unlikely, say Senate aides from Republican and Democratic offices.

Senator Alex Padilla, D-Calif., chairman of the Judiciary Committee's immigration subcommittee, said the "brutal reality" is that the session of Congress after the midterm elections is "absolutely critical" because of the strong possibility of Republicans take the House of Representatives.

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“I certainly welcome the increased engagement and advocacy [from the business community].

Anything that can continue to add to the sense of urgency is also welcome,” he stated.

A Republican adviser said that “the business community always underestimates how difficult it is to get legislation on this issue and tends to misread the political environment.”

The longstanding influence of the business community within the GOP showed its limits on the immigration issue in 2013, when the Chamber of Commerce and a host of business leaders backed a comprehensive review that passed the Democratic-led Senate. and died in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, amid unrelenting conservative opposition to a legalization program.

"I feel very disappointed".

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More subtle bills to normalize the status of Dreamers have also run into opposition from the Republican Party (GOP) even in the Trump Administration, as conservatives insisted on pairing normalization with cuts. to family-based immigration.

Another Republican adviser said there is "zero" chance of passing immigration legislation while Joe Biden is president.

“Now, no one trusts the Democrats in the Biden Administration to enforce the law and crack down on illegal immigration.

Until that changes, there will be no agreement, ”said the Republican adviser.

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A Democratic adviser agreed that the business community can't accomplish much with an ad buy and encouraged businesses to put their lobbying power to reach out to individual Republicans on DACA and immigration reform.

"From what I'm seeing and hearing, the Republicans are not budging on this," the Democratic adviser said.

"I'm glad these companies are doing this now, but they are only as effective as their reach," he added.

Sen. Robert Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey, said the business community could play an important role in shaping the debate on immigration.

“At some point, the business community is going to wake up and say, 'Hey, we need immigration to deal with our employment challenges.

We have 11 million unfilled jobs," Menendez told our sister network, NBC News.

Source: telemundo

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