{"id":5238,"date":"2018-06-23T11:23:47","date_gmt":"2018-06-23T15:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lawyerscom.org\/?p=5238"},"modified":"2019-01-04T19:36:47","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T19:36:47","slug":"ag-leads-coalition-in-support-of-historic-suit-to-save-tps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawyersforcivilrights.org\/our-impact\/immigrant-rights\/ag-leads-coalition-in-support-of-historic-suit-to-save-tps\/","title":{"rendered":"AG Leads Coalition in Support of Historic Suit to Save TPS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mass. Attorney General Leads Coalition in Support of Historic Suit to Save TPS<\/strong><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>June 22, 2018 \u2013 Today, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healy led a powerful coalition of Attorneys General from 17 states in filing an\u00a0amicus<\/em>\u00a0brief in federal court in Boston on the side of the immigrant plaintiffs in\u00a0Centro Presente v. Trump<\/em><\/a>. The case, filed by the Lawyers\u2019 Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice, seeks to protect Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Salvadoran, Haitian, and Honduran immigrants. The Lawyers’ Committee represents Centro Presente<\/a>, Haitian-Americans United<\/a>, and 14 courageous individuals. Oral argument is scheduled in the federal court in Boston for July 12 at 2 PM.<\/p>\n

The broad national coalition behind today\u2019s\u00a0amicus<\/em>\u00a0brief underscores the importance of the case and the TPS program for states across the country. As the landmark brief notes, the termination of TPS is already harming people and threatening to tear apart immigrant families: \u201cFaced with the loss of TPS, should a parent return to her country of origin, leaving her children behind? Or should she take them with her to a dangerous country that cannot ensure the safety of the TPS holder or her children?\u201d<\/p>\n

The full press release from the Office of the Attorney General can be found below and the brief is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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AG HEALEY LEADS COALITION OF 17 STATES IN CALLING ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO HALT DISCRIMINATORY TERMINATION OF TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FOR FOREIGN NATIONALS<\/strong><\/p>\n

BOSTON\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Attorney General Maura Healey today led a coalition of 17 state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief supporting litigation to halt the Trump Administration\u2019s Temporary Protected Status (TPS) terminations for foreign nationals from El Salvador, Haiti and Honduras.<\/p>\n

In the case\u00a0Centro Presente v. Trump<\/em>, the plaintiffs, which include membership organizations Centro Presente and Haitian-Americans United Inc. and a group of 14 individuals, have called for judicial review of the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s (DHS) termination of TPS. The plaintiffs argue that judicial review would serve as an important check on executive action they allege is unconstitutional and unlawful, and would prevent harm to hundreds of thousands of TPS holders who reside in the United States, their families, and their communities. Today\u2019s amicus brief, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, supports the plaintiffs\u2019 call and asks the court to deny the defendants\u2019 motion to dismiss.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Trump Administration\u2019s termination of this program is discriminatory, immoral, unlawful, and undermines who we are as Americans,\u201d said AG Healey. \u201cEnding TPS is will tear hundreds of thousands of families apart and harm our communities. We urge the court review and overturn the administration\u2019s unconstitutional acts.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to\u00a0the brief<\/a>, the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s termination of TPS would strip community members of legal authorization to work in the United States and could result in their deportation to countries that are unsafe and unprepared to receive them.<\/p>\n

The brief states that TPS terminations will hurt the economy and civil society by:<\/p>\n