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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS BRO\ilNSVILLE DIVISION STATE OF TEXAS, et al. Plaíntiffs, V Case No. l:14-cv-254 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al. Defendants. BRIEF'FOR AMICI CURIAE THE MAYORS OF NEW YORK AND LOS ANGEI,ES, THE MAYORS OF THIRTY.ONE ADDITIONAL CITIES, THE UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF'MAYORS, AND THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES IN OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF'S' MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJTJNCTION ZecuRRy V/. CeRrBn MIcHIBI,N. F¡uen Corporation Counsel City Attorney' 100 Church Street 701 City Hall East New York, NY 10007 200 North Main Street Prepared the brief: (212) 3s6-2s00 Los Angeles, CA 90012 ANonene GoNzer,Bz, LLP (212) 3s6-2s0e (Ð Attorneyþr the City of Los Sean A. Andrade Attorneyfor Bill de Blasio, Angeles, acting by and Henry Gonzalez Mayor of New York through Los Angeles City 634 South Spring Street Mayor Eric Garcetti Los Angeles, CA 90014 Richard Dearing New York Reg. No. 4402293 (Pro hac více pending) Attorney-in-charge (Additional counsel listed on the signature page) TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE TABLE OF AUTHORITIES ii INTEREST OF THE AMICI CURIAE 1 ARGUMENT 5 I. The Executive Action Will Fuel Economic Growth In Cities Across the Country..-.........-... ..........................6 II. The Executive Action Will Increase Public Safety by Encouraging More Immigrant Residents to Trust and Cooperate With Local Law Enforcement....... .............. 10 ru. The Executive Action Will Facilitate the Full Integration of Immigrant Residents in Cities across the Country and Promote Family Unity. ..........12 CONCLUSION ............... t6 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES CASES PAGE Hong v. Napolitano, 772F. Supp. 2d 1270 (D. Haw. 20Il) ... 13 Pendergest-Holt v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London, 600 F.3d 562 (sth Cir. 2010). 5 Winter v. Natural Res. Defense Council, Inc., 5ss u.s. 7 (2008) ...4 PUBLICATIONS Avazuc¡,s Socmrv/CouNcrI. oF THE Arr¡sRrces & Frscnl Polrcv INsrrrure, BRnqcmc Vrrelnv To MnrN SrRssr. How Ivtr¿rcRANT StrrnLl BusrNesses HEr,p Locel EcoNotr¿ms GRow (Jan. 20 I 5), http ://fi scalpolicy.org/wp- content/uploads/20 I 5/0 I /Bringing-Vitality-to-Main-Street.pdf ... 7 Amy Braunschweiger, Nashville Immigrants Too Scared to Call the Police, HuvnN Rrcurs WRtcH, May 19,2014, http://www.hrw.org/newsl20l4l05/19/nashville- immi grants-to o - scared-call-police 11 ANnn KHRSHU, TsB Role oF LocAL Polrce: SrRIrmc A BALANCE BBrweBN Itr¿rrncneuoNENFoRCEMENTRNp Cryn LBBnnBs (Mary Malina ed. 2009), hups:www.policefoundation.org/pdf/strikingabalance/RoleYo2}ofl(o2ïlocal%20Police .pdf. t2 Applmn RBSBRRcU CrNrtrR, SuerrnReo Feuu,r¡s: TUB Pezulous INTERsEcrroN oF Ivrrr¿rcRRrroN ENFoRCEMENT AND THE CHn n Wsr,F'.ARr Sysrev, http://www.atlanticphilanthropies.org/leaming/report-shattered-families-pdrilous- intersection-immi gration-enforc. 13-14, 15 Avis Thomas-Lester, What It Takes: From Salvadoran immigrant to mìllionaíre owner 'WAsH. of Todos Supermarkefs, Posr, Sept.27,2010, avøilable at hup ://www.washingtonpost. com/wp- dyn/content/ articlel2} I 0 I 09 124 I AR201 009240 6003.html... 4 City of Atlanta, Mayor Kasim Reed and Cíty of Atlanta Announce Results of Welcoming Americø Working Group, Sept. 17, 2014, http://www. atlantaga.gov/index.aspx?recordid:3041&page:672.... .....,..3 City of Austin, Austin Promotes Immigrant-Friendly, Il'elcoming Environment,Iune 27 , 2013, http://austintexas.gov/news/austin-promotes-immigrant-friendly-welcoming- a environment..... J ll TABLE OF AUTHORITIES (cont'd) PUBLICATIONS PAGE Claudia Dreifus, A Surgeon's Path From Migrant Fields to Operating Room,N.Y. TIIøes, May 13,2008, available at hup ://www.nytimes. co m12008 I 0 5/ 1 3/science/ 1 3 conv.html? 1 :0...... J Dr. Q's Quest, Q's Story: A Doctor Without Borders, http://doctorqmd.com/dr-q-s-story- --a-doctor-without-borders/ . .. .. .. 4 Dn. Rnul Hwo¡ose-O¡Bpe & Mersrvr WyNrN, Fnov rHE SHADows ro rHE MerusrRB¡.tr¿: EstruerlNc rHE EcoNotr¡rc Itr¿pncr oF PRESIDENTIAL Aotr¿rNrsrRanvB AcuoN AND CoMrREHENSTvE Irr¡rr¡rcRerroN REFoRM (2014), http ://www.naid.ucla. edu/uploads I 4 12 I I I 9 I 4219226 I ucla_naid_center_report_- _estimating_the_economic_impact of¡lresidential_administrative_action_and_compr ehensive_immigration_reform.pdf ..... 8,9 GnNv¡.Rco I.P. OrrevrANo & GrovnxNr PERI, Ner'l BunBeu oF EcoNoMrc RespencH, NBER V/omrNc Peppn SnruBs 12497, RerHNrrNG THE Errucrs o¡ Itr¿tvttcReuoN oN Weces (2006, revised 2008), http://www.nber.org/paperclwl2497 .... 7 Grove¡wr Penr, FRBSF EcoN. Lrrren, FeoeRAr, RBsBRve B¡.Nr oF SAN FRaNcrsco, TUB ErrBcr oF IMMTcRANTS oN U.S. Err¿pr,oyurNT AND PRonucrrvrrv (Aug. 30, 20 I 0), http ://www.frbsf. org/economic-researcl/publications/economic- leíterl20l0/august/effect-immigrants-us-employment-productivity/........... 6,7 HErDr SurBRHor,z, EcoN. Polrcy INsr. BzueF'rNc PAIERNo.zís,Irvnr¿rcnerroNAND 'Wec¡s: Mernooor,ocrcAt, AoveNceN4ENTS CoNFrRrr¿ MooBsr GnrNs FoR NATTvE Wonrrns (Feb. 4, 2010), http://www.epi.org/fileslpagel-1bp2551bp255.pdf............. 7 Hirokazu Yoshikawa & Carola Suarez-Orozco, Deporting Parents Hurts Klds, N.Y. Times, April20, 2012, available at http ://www.nytimes. co m/20 12 I 0 4 l2l I opinion/deporting-parents-ruins-kids.html t4 INr'r. Hurvr¡,N fucHrs Lew Clnqrc Ar UNrvERRSrry o¡ C¿¡,rRoRNn, BrRrcLEy ScHooL oF LAV/, Er Al., IN rHe Csu,p's Besr INTBnEST? THE Cor{sneusNcEs oF LosrNc R Lnwnul IvwrcReNT PARENT To DEpoRTATroN, March 2010, http://www,law.berkeley.edu/files/Fluman_Rights_report.pdf ........... ....,................14 Jecr Srneuss, IMMTcRATION Pollcy CeNteR, Avrezuc¡,N Irr¡rr¿rcRerroN CouNCrL, Allres, Nor ENBrr¿rns: How LerrNo Irr¿vttcRlrroN Boosrs ArRrc¿,N AueRrceN Etr¡pLoyvrBNT AND Wecns (June 2013), http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/docs/allies not enemies.pdf .. ,,,,7 lll TABLE OF AUTHORITIES (cont'd) PUBLICATIONS PAGE Janean Chun, Carlos Castro, Founder of Todos Supermarket. Says Business Climate Much Harsher For Immigrants Today, HurpncroNPosr, June27,2010, htþ://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012l06l27lcarlos-castro-todos-supermarket-former- undocumented-immigrant-starts-business_n_1597663.html ................ 4 Jontw¿. DnEBy, CBNTBR Fon AUBnICAN PRocRESS, How Tolav's lIr¿tulcneuoN ENFoRceN4ENT PoLrcrES IMrACT CHrlnnrN, Fltvfllms, AND CoMMUNITIES (Aug. 2012),http.llcdn.americanprogress.org/wp-content/up\oadsl20I2/08/Dreby ImmigrationFamiliesFlNAl..pdf . .13 Knlr¡{n BnReecr ET AL., RrpoRr FoR THE INrnn-AMeRIcAN Hutr¿RN RIcHrs CouRt, THB PsycHosocrAl lrr¿pRcr oF DETENTIoN AND DBponrRrIoN oN U.S. Mlcn¡,Nr CHnonrN eNo FRl¡u.ms (Aug. 2013), http://www.bc.edt/content/dam/files/centers/humanrights/doc/IACHR%20Report%o20 ono/o2}Pyschosocialo/o20lmpactYo20of/o20Detentiono/o20o/o20Deportation- FINAL%208-16-13. 13,15 Mnron CruBs Cnlnrs lul¿tcneuoN CoMMITTEE, RecolnrurNnRrtoNs: FoR EuroncBvtENT oF ltr¿ir¿IcR¡rtoN LAws Bv Locnl Poucn AceNcles (2006), http ://www. houstontx. gov/po lice/pdfs/mccjo sition.pdf . 11 Marc Fisher, From journalism to activism: Jose Antonio Vargas's life on the run, WesH. Posr, Nov. 23, 2014, available athttp.llwww.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/jose- antonio-vargas-isnt-running-from.his-biggest-secret-anymore-so-what-is-he-running- toward/Z\lLlIl123/09606800-6042-lle4-8b9e-2ccdac31a031-story.html ..............5 Melissa Russo, More than 50,000 Sign Up to Enroll in City's New Municipal Identification Program in First Week, NBC NBw YonK, Jan. 16, 2015, http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/IDNYC-Municipal-Identification-Card- Immigrant-New-York-Wait-Time-311-Appointment-New-York-City-288871711.html..........13 MrcRerroN PoLlcy lNstttute, As Many as 3.7 Million Unauthorized Immigrants Could Get Relieffrom Deportation under Anticipated New Deferued Action Program,Nov. 20,2014,hnp.llmigrationpolicy.org/news/mpi-many-37-million-unauthorized- immigrants-could-get-relief-deportation-under-anticipated-new........ .....................15 Mtcne,tlox Pol,tcv lNstttutn, Unauthorize d Immi grant P opul ation P r ofiles, hup : //www. mi grationpol icy. org/pro grams/us-immi gration-policy-pro gram-data- hub/unauthorized-immigrant-population-profiles ......... 2 lv TABLE OF AUTHORITIES (cont'd) PUBLICATIONS PAGE NIK THBOOORE, INSECUNE COVIIT,ITJNITIES: LNTTNO PERCEPUONS OF POI.ICE INvOI-vBIr¿ENT IN IIr¿IT,IICRRTION EN ¡ORCEMENT (20 T 3) http://www.academia.edv/4738588/Insecure_Communities Latino_Perceptions_of Po lice Involvement_in_Immigration_Enforcement. ........... ..1 I Office of Pittsburgh Mayor William Peduto, Mayor \4¡illiam Peduto launches l'[/ e I c o ming P i t t s b ur gh Ini t i at iv e, Il¡4ay 28, 20 I 4, http:/þittsburghpa. gov/mayor/release?id:3 I 12............ .....Ja PerRlcr Oa,rnoRo, CBNTBR FoR AMERTCAN PRocREss, AoIvflNISTRATIVE AcnoN oN IIr¿Ir,IIcRerIoN REFoRM, THe FTsCRI, BBNETIM OT,TBVIPORERY.WORK PBRVITS (2014), http://cdn.arnerioanprogre-ss.org/wp- contenlupl oadsI 20 I 4 /09/O akfordAdminRelief. 8,9 President's Immigration Action Expected to Benefit Economy, NBws Fnov THB FIscel Polrcy lNsrIrüte, Nov. 21, 2014,http.llftscalpolicy.org/presidents-immigration- action-expectted-to-benefit-economy 9 Rospnlo G. GoNznI.ES & VERoNIcA TERRIQUEZ, HOw DACA IS IVPECTING THE LryNS oF THosE Wgo Anr Now DACAvBNTBp: PR¡l,ltr¿neRv Fr¡qotNc FRov rue NnuoNRr. UNDACAvTENTED RnsBRncH Pno¡Bcr (2013), http://www.immigrantionpolicy.org/just-facts/how-daca-impacting-lives-those-who- are-now-dacamented. o RoseRr W. F¡,nr,n, PARTNnRSHII FoR A NEw AvrRRtceN EcoNoMY, OPEN FoR Busr¡lBss: How Ivrrr¡rcRANTs Ane DnIvING SMALL Buswrss CRBertoN IN Tun UNrrBn Srerss (Aug. 2012), http://www.renewoureconomy.org/sites/alllthemes/pnae/openforbusiness.pdf...........................7