United States of America et al, Petitioners
Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Solicitor General
On November 20, 2014, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson issued a directive to the immigration agencies under his purview that they would deprioritize deportation proceedings for the roughly 4 million parents of U.S. citizens who are permanent resident aliens currently living in the U.S. without proper immigration documentation. The program, called Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA), was unveiled by President Barack Obama in a televised address to the Nation in which he blamed the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress for failing to reform what he termed a broken immigration system. Less than two weeks later,…
