Tennessee Attorney General Backs Out Of DACA Lawsuit Threat
Source: Talking Points Memo
By MATT SHUHAM Published SEPTEMBER 1, 2017 4:27 PM
Tennessee’s attorney general sent a remarkable letter Friday, withdrawing his threat to sue the government if President Donald Trump did not rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) by Sept. 5.
Until Friday afternoon, Herbert Slatery III was one of 10 Republican attorneys general, led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who threatened to include DACA in a larger lawsuit in order to phase out the program, if Trump didn’t do so himself. On Friday, Slatery wrote in a letter to Tennessee’s two senators that “there is a human element to this, however, that is not lost on me and should not be ignored.”
“Many of the DACA recipients, some of whose records I reviewed, have outstanding accomplishments and laudable ambitions, which if achieved, will be of great benefit and service to our country,” he continued. “They have an appreciation for the opportunities afforded to them by our country.”
“At this time, our Office has decided not to challenge DACA in the litigation, because we believe there is a better approach that we outline below,” he wrote.
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