Issued August 14, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit threw out Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s lawsuit against President Obama’s executive actions on immigration. This is the second court decision – following the dismissal of Crane et al v. Johnson – that upholds the president’s immigration policies.

Two other cases, Texas v. U.S. and Arizona Dream Act Coalition v. Brewer, have not been decided. In the Texas case, the 5^th Circuit has not ruled yet on the preliminary injunction, which has suspended DAPA and expanded DACA.

Rocio Saenz, SEIU’s International Executive Vice President, responded to the court’s decision: