We are troubled to see the Board, and by extension, the Department of Justice, attempt to circumvent legal protections for DACA recipients.
Alex Padilla
The Public Record
Alex Padilla is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from California since January 2021. He is a member of the Democratic Party and was appointed to fill the vacancy left by Kamala Harris when she became Vice President. Padilla is the first Latino senator from California and has focused on issues such as immigration reform, climate change, and healthcare access during his tenure. He previously served as the Secretary of State of California from 2015 to 2021, where he worked on expanding voting access and modernizing the state's election system.
For all their talk about targeting the worst of the worst, the vast majority of people that have been arrested and have been detained — this is ICE’s own data, by the way — do not have the violent criminal convictions on their record.
Most important, in its decision, the Fifth Circuit stated that it would ‘not disturb DACA’s policy of forbearance.’
We’re still here and we’re still fighting. But their tactics have changed.
At that moment, I was compelled to speak up, because that’s not enforcing the law. That’s an abuse of the United States military and federal law enforcement. A reflection of the desires of a wannabe dictator, and as you’ve seen the video…