After A Year and a Half, President Obama’s Executive Actions on Immigration to Get Day in Court

On November 20, 2014, after a tireless campaign led by fearless immigration advocates and activists, President Obama announced Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) and an expansion to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

These initiatives could protect nearly five million people from deportation, provide them work permits and build on the already-successful DACA program, which currently protects 700,000 immigrant youth from deportation and grants them work authorizations that can be renewed every two years.

Since announcing them, the President’s executive actions have faced countless roadblocks and a politically-motivated lawsuit led by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and 25 other Republican governors and attorneys general who are preventing the implementation of DAPA and the expansion of DACA, leaving millions of people’s futures in the balance.

But now the Supreme Court is set to hear U.S. v. Texas, a historic case that will determine if these initiatives will be allowed to move forward. Thousands of people will be outside the Supreme Court urging the justices to rule on the right side of history, confirm the President’s sound legal authority, and reflect the values and dignity of the immigrant community in America. See below to follow how we arrived here, and join us on Monday, April 18, to be a part of history.