Dreamers, the Supreme Court rejects Donald Trump's choices on young migrants
Rights — di Andrea Barolini
In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court has reinstated the rights of young migrants in the United States, the so-called dreamers.
Dreamers, the Supreme Court rejects Donald Trump's choices on young migrants
In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court has reinstated the rights of young migrants in the United States, the so-called dreamers.
The "dreamers", the young migrants who arrived in the United States as children, must be protected by the institutions and cannot be deported. In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court in Washington deemed "arbitrary" and "capricious" the decision by the administration led by President Donald Trump to block the programme adopted in 2012 by his predecessor Barack Obama. That programme had, in effect, eliminated the "undocumented" status for the "dreamers", preventing them from being removed beyond the borders of the United States.
“It feels amazing. I have been holding my breath. It feels like I can finally breathe.” Dreamers across the U.S. celebrated after the Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration's plan to end DACA. nyti.ms/37NIQOD
According to Donald Trump, Barack Obama's choices on the dreamers were illegal
Like many migrants living on American soil, the young people had been living in uncertainty since the moment the American billionaire was elected. In 2017, he had decided to end the Deferred action for childhood arrivals programme (Daca), branding it as "illegal". This represented an enormous problem, given that the "dreamers" often have no ties whatsoever to their countries of origin.
For this reason, some courts had challenged the president's decision, which he then brought before the Supreme Court. The latter, however, confirmed the lower court judges' doubts: the young migrants will therefore be able to remain on American soil and will retain their rights to study and work.
The Supreme Court approved the ruling with 5 votes in favour out of 9
The Supreme Court ruling was approved by five votes to four, and provoked an indignant reaction from Trump. The president, as usual, entrusted his response to a tweet, in which he branded the position of his country's highest judicial authority as "a political decision". Former President Obama, by contrast, stated: "Eight years ago we chose to protect these young people. Today I am happy for them, for their loved ones, and for all of us."
The DACA decision, while a highly political one, and seemingly not based on the law, gives the President of the United States far more power than EVER anticipated. Nevertheless, I will only act in the best interests of the United States of America!
Similarly, Democratic senator Bernie Sanders, a staunch defender of the "dreamers'" rights, highlighted the "cruelty" of Trump's decision to suspend the Daca programme, and described the Supreme Court's ruling as "an enormous victory" for migrants. The organisations that defend the latter likewise expressed their satisfaction.