WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court said Monday that President Obama could not move forward with his plans to overhaul immigration rules by providing up to five million people with work permits and protection from deportation. A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, […]
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Immigration Reform News: Following 9-Day Fast In Front Of 5th Circuit, Hunger Striker Focused On 2016 Presidential Election
23 Oct
by Foster, on News
Immigrants like Nora Hernandez are really angry at the 5th Circuit Court. How angry? Enough to use her vacation time to fly to the steps of the New Orleans court and not eat any food for nine days. The Latin Times spoke to Hernandez on Friday, the day after the fast […]
WASHINGTON — The prime-time assertion of executive power was audacious and far-reaching. Nearly a year ago, President Obama vowed that his administration would provide up to four million undocumented immigrants the ability to live and work in the United States without fear of immediate deportation. It almost certainly will not […]
By Laurel Brubaker Calkins (Bloomberg) –- The Obama administration scrambled Wednesday to convince a Texas judge it shouldn’t be punished for violating his order freezing new immigration rules. At a hearing in federal court in Brownsville, government lawyers repeatedly apologized to U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen for mistakenly issuing 2,600 […]