New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman today issued the following statement.
President
Trump's decision to end the DACA program is cruel, gratuitous, and
devastating to tens of thousands of New Yorkers -- and I will sue to
protect them.
DREAMers
are Americans in every way. They played by the rules. They pay their
taxes. And they've earned the right to stay in the only home they have
ever known. More than 40,000 New Yorkers are protected under DACA. They
pay more than $140 million in state and local taxes. They are vital
members of our community.
Iljirijana
Glavatovic is a New Yorker. Iljirijana escaped war in Montenegro with
her father when she was six months old, and has lived here virtually
ever since. Having earned legal status under DACA, Irijiana now worksas a
paralegal. She wants to be a lawyer. She deserves the chance to live
her dreams.
Sugey
Orea is a New Yorker. She crossed the border from Mexico with her
parents when she was three years old. She studies at Queens College and
spends her free time working at CUNY's free immigration law service
helping immigrants who, like her, call the United States home. She
deserves the chance to live her dreams.
Angie
Kim is a New Yorker. She was brought to the United States by her
parents from South Korea when she was nine years old. She has been
undocumented for over twenty years but thanks to DACA, she now works
legally as a community organizer for New York's Korean-American
community. She deserves the chance to live her dreams.
My
job is to protect all the residents of New York -- no matter where they
come from. Iljirijana, Sugey, Angie, and thousands of New Yorkers like
them are being threatened by President Trump today -- and I will use
every legal tool I have available to make sure they get the opportunity
to live the American Dream, just like millions of New York immigrants
before them.
The
poem at the base of the Statue of Liberty -- written by the descendant
of early Jewish immigrants -- promises this nation will "lift its lamp"
for the huddled masses. New York will never break that promise. And
neither will my office.
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