Delaying President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration reform is not only hurting immigrant families but is also wrecking the local economy in U.S cities coast to coast, a coalition of more than 70 city and county leaders charged in a brief filed on Monday.
The friend-of-the-court brief, filed in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in the Texas vs. United States lawsuit, argues that cities—where most immigrants live—are on the front lines of the country’s broken immigration system.
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“Continuing to delay implementation of the President’s executive action on immigration hurts our economy and puts families at risk,” said New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who initiated the push under the group Cities United for Immigration Action.
Under Obama’s plan, which was announced in November of last year, as many as 5 million undocumented immigrants with longstanding ties to the U.S. may be permitted to stay and work temporarily. However, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction halting the action until the courts weighed a suit filed by the state of Texas with backing from 25 Republican-led states which argues that the executive order is unconstitutional. Monday marked the deadline for all amicus briefs supporting the U.S. in the case.
In their rebuke, 73 mayors and other local leaders—many of whom are defying heads of state who supported the suit—say they will not stand on the sidelines while partisan bickering continues to threaten local communities.
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