Teacher’s union joins NAACP lawsuit to stop Trump’s DACA termination

on October 25, 2017 in Education

The 1.7 million-member American Federation of Teachers (AFT) joined the NAACP’s landmark lawsuit against the Trump administration’s cancellation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The parties argue the termination of the DACA program violates the Constitution and other laws of the United States.

Find out more: https://www.aft.org/press-release/aft-joins-naacp-lawsuit-stop-trumps-termination-daca

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