In October 2019, APSAC continued its advocacy for the children of DACA recipients in the Supreme Court, leading a coalition of 36 child advocacy organizations headlined by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Center for Law and Social Policy. In November 2019, APSAC filed its brief, arguing that the government’s rescission of DACA would place children of DACA recipients at high risk of immediate and longer-term harms, including separation from a parent and health and education harm from toxic stress. Read APSAC’s Supreme Court brief here, and ASPAC’s statement here.

Oral argument took place in the Court in November 2019. In June 2020, the Supreme Court issued its decision, finding that the government’s decision to end DACA was arbitrary and capricious. Among other violations, the Court found that the government did not adequately weigh the reliance interests of those most impacted by the rescission, including—critically—children. Read the Supreme Court’s decision here and CLASP’s press release here.

Persyn Law & Policy was honored to serve as counsel of record for this brief, co-counseling with Kelsi Corkran and Melanie Hallums of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.