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Friday, June 19, 2020 Vol. 24 No. 48
“Dreamers Belong Here” Supreme Court rules in favor of ‘Dreamers,’ says Trump can’t end DACA without justification. By Desert Star Staff The Trump administration can’t shut down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program without better justification; the Supreme Court has ruled, nullifying one
of the president’s signature actions on immigration. Trump’s Department of Homeland Security failed to provide an adequate reason for shutting down the program when it declared
Kitty Alvarado Erin Johnson says she and her family went from living on a Property in Pinyon Pines to living in a tent, separated from their children in a matter of days, “I had to leave my kids with my mom for a while because we have nowhere to go.” She says their nightmare started when a man overheard them saying they were looking for a place to rent he told them it just so happened he had a place nearby that he was looking to get rid of and they could lease to own it for $10,000. “We gave him $5,500, which is all the money in the world that we had,
and he drew up this lease paperwork,” she says. She showed us documents that look like an unsigned lease and a receipt, she says she paid in cash. She says they moved in, got cable installed, and were living happily there with their children and pets. But, eight days later, the property’s rightful owner showed up. “And said, ‘well, what are you doing here?’” she says, adding she explained they leased the property and showed him the documents. She says he then later had them escorted off the property without their belongings but
an end to DACA in 2017, the court ruled on Thursday. The Obama-era initiative has allowed almost 800,000 young immigrants who arrived in the US illegally as children to remain in the country.
The decision represents a severe defeat to one of the president’s chief accomplishments on immigration, which was a central issue in his 2016 campaign. However, Trump
has the option of presenting a more detailed justification for shutting down the program. When the president initially pulled the plug on Continues on Page 3
You Ask. NBC Palm Springs Investigate. Housing Scam?
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