National Day Laborer Organizing Network v. United States Immigration & Customs Enforcement Agency

OPINION AND ORDER

SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge:

“Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electñc light the most efficient policeman. ”1

I. INTRODUCTION

The parties in this litigation have starkly different viewpoints about the wisdom and legitimacy of Secure Communities, which, as an aspect of national immigration policy, is a particularly sensitive and important topic. The three plaintiffs — the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and the Immigration Justice Clinic of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law — did not file this lawsuit…