Boise Mayor Celebrates Supreme Court Decision On DACA

Press release from the City of Boise:

June 19, 2020

"We celebrate the United States Supreme Court decision in the case Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California that has rejected the federal government's attempts to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that provides legal protections to over 800,000 DACA recipients across the country, including the Dreamers who call Boise home.

The City of Boise submitted an amicus brief in this case in support of the DACA program because we recognize the value every resident of our community brings to the larger fabric of our diverse city, regardless of how Boise came to be their home. DACA recipients are our family members, our classmates, our fellow coworkers, neighbors and friends and we thank them for their hard-fought efforts to keep families together. The City of Boise stands committed in our belief that all who chose to call Boise their home are welcome here."

This press release was produced by the City of Boise. The views expressed here are the author’s own.