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Jesse Gabriel: Program and San Francisco

jesse gabriel: The lawsuit filed in federal court in San Francisco alleged the move violated the constitutional rights of immigrants who lack legal status and provided information about themselves to the U.S. government so they could participate in the program, according to Metro News. The consequences are potentially catastrophic, said Jesse Gabriel, a lawyer for the plaintiffs. Six immigrants brought to the United States as children who became teachers, graduate students and a lawyer sued the Trump administration on Monday over its decision to end a program shielding them from deportation. These people can very powerfully and very clearly communicate the extent to which they organized their lives around this program. More than a dozen states from Maine to California have sued over the administration's decision to phase out the program, alleging similar constitutional violations. The lawsuit joins others filed over President Donald Trump's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program which has allowed nearly 800,000 immigrants to obtain work permits and deportation protection since 2012. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.