For the last two and a half years, President Donald Trump has led a campaign of unprecedented cruelty towards immigrants, especially children, write Sen. Dick Durbin and Rep. Zoe Lofgren for cnnopinion
Dick Durbin, a Democrat, is the senior US senator from Illinois. Zoe Lofgren, a Democrat, is a US representative from California. The opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the authors; view more opinion articles on CNN.
For the last two and a half years, President Donald Trump has led a campaign of unprecedented cruelty towards immigrants, especially children. A major front in the President's war on immigrants is his attack on Dreamers, young immigrants who came to the United States as children and are American in every way except their immigration status. President Trump is fighting to end deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of Dreamers, and whether or not his anti-Dreamer agenda succeeds will depend on the Supreme Court and Congress.
CNN reporter: GOP putting ball back in Pelosi's court 01:35However, the Senate rejected the Trump-backed plan by a bipartisan supermajority.Federal courts stepped in to block the end of DACA, but the President appealed all the way to the Supreme Court, which will hear the case on Tuesday. In October, we led 49 senators and former senators and 123 US representatives and former representatives in filing a bipartisan amicus brief in the Supreme Court in support of DACA.
Apple takes public stand on DACA 00:48 This should be a straightforward case for the Supreme Court, based on the court's own precedents. It's up to the justices, especially Chief Justice John Roberts, who has long spoken about the importance of the court's neutrality and calling balls and strikes fairly, to follow the law and reject the President's illegal ending of DACA.
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