President Obama's executive action preventing the deportation of an
estimated 5 million people living in the United States illegally
suffered another setback Monday after a federal appeals court upheld a
federal judge's injunction blocking the measure.
The 2-1 decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New
Orleans further dims the prospect of implementation of the executive
action before Obama leaves office in 2017. Appeals over the injunction
could take months and, depending on how the case unfolds, it could go
back to the Texas federal court for more proceedings.
Republicans had criticized the plan as an illegal executive overreach
when Obama announced it last November. Twenty-six states challenged the
plan in court. U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen granted the
temporary injunction preventing the order's implementation this past
February, agreeing with the states that legalizing the presence of so
many people would be a "virtually irreversible" action that would cause
the states "irreparable harm."
The administration argued that the executive branch was within its
rights in deciding to defer deportation of selected groups of
immigrants, including children who were brought to the U.S. illegally.
"President Obama should abandon his lawless executive amnesty program
and start enforcing the law today," Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said in a
news release.
President Obama's executive action preventing the deportation of an
estimated 5 million people living in the United States illegally
suffered another setback Monday after a federal appeals court upheld a
federal judge's injunction blocking the measure.
The 2-1 decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New
Orleans further dims the prospect of implementation of the executive
action before Obama leaves office in 2017. Appeals over the injunction
could take months and, depending on how the case unfolds, it could go
back to the Texas federal court for more proceedings.
Republicans had criticized the plan as an illegal executive overreach
when Obama announced it last November. Twenty-six states challenged the
plan in court. U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen granted the
temporary injunction preventing the order's implementation this past
February, agreeing with the states that legalizing the presence of so
many people would be a "virtually irreversible" action that would cause
the states "irreparable harm."
The administration argued that the executive branch was within its
rights in deciding to defer deportation of selected groups of
immigrants, including children who were brought to the U.S. illegally.
"President Obama should abandon his lawless executive amnesty program
and start enforcing the law today," Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said in a
news release.
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