Well this is some good news to see but will it matter? Illegal aliens from Mexico, Central America and 134 other countries continue to cross the border daily regardless of the Presidents executive order. Illegal aliens don’t really seem to care what happens at the court level, so while this may be a victory to Conservatives, We the People still lose! Illegal aliens will continue to come here and put a strain on our economy and social entitlement infrastructure.
Pres Obama’s executive amnesty should have been stopped by Congress not a federal judge. This halt only buys time for the lawsuit brought on by 26 states to proceed. The dysfunction in Washington DC is putting all Americans in danger when the nation’s business cannot be handled through our elected leadership. The fact that only 26 states are engaged in the lawsuit is nothing to cheer about either where are the other 24!?
Request to lift hold of Obama immigration action denied
AP
HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday denied a Justice Department request to lift a temporary hold on President Barack Obama’s executive action that sought to shield millions of immigrants from deportation.
U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen refused to stay his Feb. 16 decision that granted a preliminary injunction requested by 26 states. The U.S. government wants the injunction lifted — allowing Obama’s action to proceed — while it appeals Hanen’s ruling to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court in New Orleans.
The Justice Department has already asked the 5th Circuit to lift the injunction. The appeals court was scheduled to hear arguments on whether the injunction should be lifted on April 17.
Fed Judge Denies Justice Dept Request to Lift Ban on Obama’s Executive Amnesty…read more
Judge Denies Obama’s Request to Let Immigration Policy Stand
Texas Tribune
A Brownsville-based federal judge on Tuesday denied the Obama administration’s request to let a controversial immigration program proceed while the issue plays out in the courts.
United States District Judge Andrew Hanen ruled that his initial decision to halt the president’s November executive action — which seeks to grant deportation relief and a work permit to up to 5 million undocumented immigrants, including a portion of the 1.6 million currently living in Texas — was the right one.
Hanen initially ruled that the White House violated the Administrative Procedure Act, which governs the way federal policies are crafted and how much input the public gets. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has called Obama’s action “beyond any president’s authority,” and says it “would inevitably cause irreparable harm to our state, imposing hundreds of millions of dollars in costs on Texas.”
Gov. Greg Abbott, the state’s former attorney general, filed the lawsuit against the Obama administration in December before being sworn in as governor. Texas is part of a 26-state coalition that challenged the executive action…read more