Jirayut New Latthivongskorn, a co-plaintiff in the case and a medical student with DACA status at the University of California, San Francisco, said the Supreme Court made the right decision. Mr. Latthivongskorn, who came to the United States from Thailand when he was 9 years old, is cofounder of Pre-Health Dreamers, a network of undocumented students who plan to pursue medical careers. He is in his third year at UCSF and is slated to graduate in 2019 after completing the university’s Program in Medical Education for the Urban Underserved.
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Jirayut New Latthivongskorn became the first undocumented medical student at the University of California, San Francisco, in 2014. He is cofounder of Pre-Health Dreamers, an advocacy group and network of undocumented youth pursuing medical careers.
The Department of Justice expressed disappointment at the Supreme Court’s decision not to take up the case and said it will continue to strongly defend the case.
“While we were hopeful for a different outcome, the Supreme Court very rarely grants certiorari before judgment, though in our view it was warranted for the extraordinary injunction requiring the Department of Homeland Security to maintain DACA,” DOJ spokesman Devin O’Malley said in a statement. “We will continue to defend DHS’ lawful authority to wind down DACA in an orderly manner.”