Law Professors Weigh In: It is Legal To Grant Deferred Action to Parents of DACA Recipients
Four legal scholars told the president in a letter that he can legally extend deferred action to the parents of recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. In the Nov. 3 letter obtained by NBC News, the scholars said that “there is no legal requirement that the executive branch limit deferred action or any other exercise of prosecutorial discretion to individuals whose dependents are lawfully present in the United States.” The Office of Legal Counsel reached a different conclusion.
The professors who signed the letter to the President were:
Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia, Samuel Weiss Faculty Scholar and Clinical Professor of Law, Pennsylvania State Dickinson School of Law
Stephen H. Legomsky, Professor of Law and John S. Lehmann University Professor, Washington University School of Law
Hiroshi Motomura, Susan Westerberg Prager Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
Michael A. Olivas, Bates Distinguished Chair in Law, University of Houston Law Center