State of Texas et al v. United States of America et al

Filing 64

REPLY in Support of 5 Opposed MOTION for Preliminary Injunction, filed by Phil Bryant, Paul R. LePage, Patrick L. McCrory, C.L. "Butch" Otter, Bill Schuette, State of Louisiana, State of Alabama, State of Arizona, State of Arkansas, State of Florida, State of Georgia, State of Idaho, State of Indiana, State of Kansas, State of Montana, State of Nebraska, State of North Dakota, State of Ohio, State of Oklahoma, State of South Carolina, State of South Dakota, State of Texas, State of Utah, State of West Virginia, State of Wisconsin. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Ex 1, # 2 Exhibit Ex. 2, # 3 Exhibit Ex. 3, # 4 Exhibit Ex. 4, # 5 Exhibit Ex. 5, # 6 Exhibit Ex. 6, # 7 Exhibit Ex. 7, # 8 Exhibit Ex. 8, # 9 Exhibit Ex. 9.a, # 10 Exhibit Ex. 9.b, # 11 Exhibit Ex. 10.a, # 12 Exhibit Ex. 10.b, # 13 Exhibit Ex. 10.c, # 14 Exhibit Ex. 10.d, # 15 Exhibit Ex. 10.e, # 16 Exhibit Ex. 10.f, # 17 Exhibit Ex. 10.g, # 18 Exhibit Ex. 10.h, # 19 Exhibit Ex. 10.i, # 20 Exhibit Ex. 10.j, # 21 Exhibit Ex. 10.k, # 22 Exhibit Ex. 10.l, # 23 Exhibit Ex. 10.m, # 24 Exhibit Ex. 10.n, # 25 Exhibit Ex. 10.0, # 26 Exhibit Ex. 10.p, # 27 Exhibit Ex. 10.q, # 28 Exhibit Ex. 10.r, # 29 Exhibit Ex. 10.s, # 30 Exhibit Ex. 11, # 31 Exhibit Ex. 12, # 32 Exhibit Ex. 13, # 33 Exhibit Ex. 14, # 34 Exhibit Ex. 15, # 35 Exhibit Ex. 16, # 36 Exhibit Ex. 17, # 37 Exhibit Ex. 18, # 38 Exhibit Ex. 19, # 39 Exhibit Ex. 20, # 40 Exhibit Ex. 21, # 41 Exhibit Ex. 22, # 42 Exhibit Ex. 23, # 43 Exhibit Ex. 24, # 44 Exhibit Ex. 25, # 45 Exhibit Ex. 26, # 46 Exhibit Ex. 27, # 47 Exhibit Ex. 28, # 48 Exhibit Ex. 29, # 49 Exhibit Ex. 30, # 50 Exhibit Ex. 31, # 51 Exhibit Ex. 32, # 52 Exhibit Ex. 33, # 53 Exhibit Ex. 34, # 54 Exhibit Ex. 35)(Oldham, Andrew)

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DACA Challenges (Continued)
DACA requesters arrived in the United States as children.
• Depending on their age, they may or may not have documentation of their
own.
• Officers may see documents from the DACA requester's parents, for
example, rent receipts or utility bills.
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One piece of evidence might satisfy more than one guideline. For example,
school transcripts can also show residence, age; and arrival before age 16·.·

• Because some DACA requestors may have been working under assumed
names, name discrepancies, stand.ng alone, will not necessarily be a fraud
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•· Lbok at the documents in their totality to see how they add up.
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If necessary, issue anRFE to resolve discrepancies.
If the DACA requestor's attempts to explain the discrepancies still don't add
up, officers can refer the case to CFDO for further research.
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Module Objectives
Officers will gain a basic understanding of: .
• Lockbox intake
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Lockbox

Service Center

1. Create A#.

2. Send recei pt notices for
1-821 D and I-765 to the

requester.
3. Send to the service
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Return filing to the
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Case Preparation and Workflow
Step 1:
Intake occurs at the Lockbox per the agreed upon Lockbox/SCOPS business rules.

Step 2:
Service Center Records performs the A-number look-up and validation process.

Step 3:
Data is populated into C3 via the Lockbox-Service Center interface.

Step 4:
Lockbox creates and ships A-Files/T-Files to the appropriate Service Center based
on the agreed upon routing.

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Service Centers receive the files and perform file intake functions .
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Case Preparation and Workflow (Continued)
Step 6:
ASC appointments are scheduled via SNAP by the Service Center pursuant to loca l
procedures.

Step 7:
In parallel to the SNAP scheduling process, background and ·security checks are
initiated (b) (7)(E)

Step 8:
The Service Center must look for the following to determine the next steps:
-· · Whether:the- DACA requestorappeared ··at the·-ASC for biometrics capture and
whether the FBI returned the fingerprint results (fingerprint results are required only
for those 14 years and older); and

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Case Preparation and Workflow (Continued)

Step 9:
· The Service Center will take adjudicative action.

Step 10:
The process flow splits off here, depending on the results ~
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on whether a supervisory hold should be placed on the
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How Form 1-821 D Will be Displayed in C3
For DA9A requests, all pertinent fields will be populated in CLAIMS 3
(C3) into the Form 1-821 screen, but with a new category "3" to
· show it is actually a DACA request, not TPS.
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when Form 1-821 appears in CLAIMS with category "3" (to denote that
it ·is actually an 1-821 D for DACA), only those fields pertaining to the
DACA request will be active.

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The objective of this section is to provide
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The DACA Request
Each DACA request must include:
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Form 1-821 D, Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals;
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Form 1-765, Application for Employment Authorization with 1
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The DACA Request (Continued)
There is no derivative DACA.
• Requestors must file requests individually.
• Requestors must meet the DACA guidelines in their own right.

Form r-821 D is a discrete form for DACA designed to address each
guideline and should not be confused with Form 1-82, used for TPS.
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The DACA Request (Continued)
• A new worksheet, Form l-765WS, has been created to capture
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• Form I-765WS asks the requester to provide basic information
about his/her current income, annual expenses, a.nd total value of
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• The basic DACA guidelines.
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• Examples of evidence that a requester may submit to show he/she
meets the DACA guidelines; and,
• The effect of criminality, ·egregious public safety and national security
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Basic DACA Guidelines
An individual meeting the following guidelines may be favorably
considered for DACA if, under the totality of the circumstances, he/she:
• Was in unl"awful status as of June 15, 2012;
• Is at least 15 years of age on the date of filing;
• If in removal proceedings, can be under 15.

.• Arrived in the United States prior to reaching his/her 16th birthday;
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. to the time the request for consideration ·of deferred action for childhood
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Basic DACA Guidelines (Continued)
• Was present in the United States on June 15, 2012;
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Is curr~ntly in _chool, graduated from high school, obtained a general
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educational certificate (GED), is currently enrolled in an accredited GED
program, -or is an honorably discharged veteran of the Coast Guard or
U.S. Armed Forces;
Was· born after June 15, 1981 (i.e., was not age·31 or older on June 15,
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Has not been convicted of a felony offense, a significant misdemeano'r
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Basic DACA Guidelines· (Continued)
Deferred action is discretionary. In setting the guidelines, the
Secretary has determined how this discretion is to be applied for
individuals who arrived in the United States as children .
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cir~umstanc~s,

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The requester indicated that h_ is 14% years old and entered the
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Each DACA requestor is to establish hi. /her identity
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Any aliases, name discrepancies, or date of birth discrepancies
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·Requestors· m.ay submit employment records to satisfy other
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requestor worked under an assumed name. This type of
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Applying the DACA Guidelines -- Age at Time of Filing
To determine the requestor's age at the time of filing, review the
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with their supervisor and with CFDO to reconcile
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Applying the DACA Guidelines -- Age at Time of Filing (Continued)
Reguestors NOT in Removal Proceedings
• The DACA requestor is to be age 15 or older at the time.

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alternate order of VD/removal); or
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The DACA.requestor is to establish that he/she was not age 31 or
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Unlawful status means:
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Applying the DACA Guidelines -- Unlawful Status
as of June 1.5, 2012 (Continued)
Examples of documents that may show the requestor's immigration status on
June 15, 2012 include, but are not limited to the following:
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The requester was born on December 12, 1989, and states that he
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• Can the requestor be considered for DACA?

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The DACA requestor is to establish that he/she arrived in the
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Applying the DACA Guidelines -- Continuous Residence (CR)
The DACA requestor is to submit evidence that he/she has resided
continuously ·in the United· States since June 15, 2·007, or earlier, and
up to the present time.
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A DACA requestor can establish continuous residence even· if he/she
had a brief absence from the United States.
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The absence must be brief, casual, and innocent and have
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Travel occurring after August 15, 201-2, will not be considered brief,
casual, and innocent; unless removal has been deferred urider
DACA and advance parole has been granted.
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Applying the DACA Guidelines -- CR (Co. tinued)
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Examples of evidence establishing that an absence was brief, casual, a·nd
innocent and -.therefore did not interrupt·the requestor's continuous residence
include, but are not limited to:
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• Passport entries;
• Hotel receipts showing the dates the requester was abroad;
· · • Evidence -of the purpose of the travel (e.g., the requester attended a wedding or
funeral);
• Copy of any advance para.le documents; or
• Any other :relevant/probative evidence that could support a brief, casual, and
innocent absence.
Note that a departure made while under an order of voluntary departure .or
deportation, exclusion, or removal is not brief, casual, and innocent.
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Effect of Travel Outside the U.S . After 8/ 15/12
Travel outside the United States after August 15, 2012 and before the DACA
request is filed:
• The departure interrupts CR; CR not met.
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Travel outside the United States while the DACA request is pending:
• The requestor abandons the DACA request; deny for abandonment.

Travel outside the United States after removal has been deferred, but without
advance parole:
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Applying the DACA Guidelines -- Present in the U.S. on
6/15/12
The DACA requester is to establish that he/she was present in the United
.s tates on June 15, 2012.
• To determine if the requestor was present in the United States on June 15, 2012,
-- ·review the respohse·s·t6 p · rt1 regarding the date·dfentry, status at enrry,.· arfd date- - ·- a
the authorized stay expired; and
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The responses to the· questions in Part 2 regarding all absences from the United
States since June 15, 2007.

• .The responses to these 2 questions, together with the evidence submitted , will
show that this guideline is met.
Review the totality of the evidence submitted. If ~ given document doe~ nqt
. specifically refer to June 15, 2012, review the dates on all the documentation
submitted in its totality. ·If the requestor arrived before June 15, 2007, and there is no
indication of.any departure and continuous .presence i? well documented, then this
guideline has been met.
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Examples of Acceptable Evidence for CR and
Presence in U.S. on 6/ 15/12

Employment Records
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W-2 Forms;
Federal, State, or local income tax returns; or
Letters from employer(s) or, if the DACA requestor has been selfemployed, letters from banks, and other firms with whom he/she
has done business.

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Rent receipts;
Utility bills bearing the reque~tor's name and address; or
Receipts or letters from companies showing the dates during
which the requestor received service.
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Transcripts, letters, report cards, etc., from the school(s) requestor
attended in the United States showing the name of school(s) and the
period(s) of school attendance.
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Medical Records

Hospital or medical records showing medical treatment or ·
hospitalization of the requestor. Such records should show the name of
the medical facility or physician, as well as the. date(s) of the treatment
rhos italization.

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