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Activists Ask 9th Circ. For Enviro Review Of DHS Programs
Law360 (May 11, 2021, 7:54 PM EDT) Conservation groups backed by an anti-immigration think tank asked the Ninth Circuit Tuesday to revive their claims that certain U.S. Department of Homeland Security immigration programs must undergo environmental review, arguing a review exemption leads to higher immigration numbers, which then drives ecological degradation.
The organizations, which include the Arizona Association of Conservation Districts and Californians for Population Stabilization, asked the three-judge panel during oral arguments to reverse a California federal judge s decision to nix their suit challenging an exemption DHS uses to exclude from National Environmental Policy Act review immigration programs that regulate the entry and settlement of immigrants..