Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer announced that the city, in partnership with L.A. County, is leading 105 cities and counties in an amicus brief filed with the United States Supreme Court in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, commonly known a DACA.

While roughly 13% of DACA recipients, or “dreamers,” live in Los Angeles, the 105 cities and counties in the amicus brief are from 30 different states and represent a variety of economic, political and cultural perspectives. The brief was filed in conjunction with the lawsuit Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California, which was filed in 2017 in response to the Trump administration’s rescission of the program.

“I stand with dreamers,” Feuer said. “This strong nationwide coalition stands with them, too. DACA recipients exemplify core American values of hard work, education and belief in a better tomorrow. That’s why we’re united in fighting the administration’s unlawful, immoral attempt to rescind DACA’s protections.”

“Dreamers embody the values of this country through their work ethic, their optimism and unwavering loyalty to this nation,” added Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis, 1st District. “DACA recipients are military veterans, medical students and workers at Fortune 500 companies. Dreamers are our friends, family members, employers and neighbors. I join in solidarity with national coalitions demonstrating their unwavering support of DACA.”

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security implemented the DACA program in 2012, granting certain undocumented immigrants who entered the U.S. as children a renewable two-year term of deferred action from deportation if they have no criminal record and satisfy educational or military service requirements. Since its inception, more than 800,000 people have received deferred action protections.

In 2017, the Trump administration announced it would begin phasing-out, and ultimately rescind, DACA. The lawsuit for which the amicus brief has been submitted was filed in response to the program’s rescission.

In 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court’s preliminary injunction restoring DACA. The United States Supreme Court later agreed to consider the case. The cities and counties contend the decision to rescind DACA was unlawful.