Washington, D.C. – The Trump Administration recently filed a motion to dismiss in the lawsuit African Communities Together v Trump, challenging the administration’s proposed termination of Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for Liberians. A coalition of attorneys general filed an amicus brief to support the preservation of the DED program for Liberians.
“We applaud Attorney General Keith Ellison of Minnesota and Attorney General Maura Healey of Massachusetts for leading a coalition of 15 state attorneys general urging the court to prevent the dismissal of our lawsuit challenging the termination of Deferred Enforced Departure, a program that benefits thousands of Liberian immigrants,” said Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
Clarke continued: “Recognizing the gravity of the circumstances facing this vulnerable community, the coalition filed an amicus brief illustrating how the end of this humanitarian relief program will negatively affect DED holders, their US citizen children, and local economies. The coalition’s amicus brief further demonstrates how this is a crucial time to seek justice for Liberian DED holders who have lived in this country for over twenty years, and that forcing them to leave the United States after they have built families, careers, and homes here violates their dignity.”
Click here to view the amicus brief.
About the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, was formed in 1963 at the request of President John F. Kennedy to involve the private bar in providing legal services to address racial discrimination. Now in its 56th year, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is continuing its quest to “Move America Toward Justice.” The principal mission of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is to secure, through the rule of law, equal justice for all, particularly in the areas of criminal justice, fair housing and community development, economic justice, educational opportunities, and voting rights.
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