After President Obama in November announced plans to shelter millions of people from the threat of deportation, immigration officials wasted no time in carrying them out. Thousands of young people who had applied for two-year reprieves from deportation instead were given three years free from the threat of being kicked […]
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Law360, New York (March 09, 2015, 8:50 PM ET) — A Texas federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Justice to explain its recent revelations that 100,000 people had already been granted three years of deferred deportation under the president’s executive immigration actions before the policy was blocked, saying […]
By JOSH GERSTEIN A federal judge signaled Monday that he has no plans to act soon on the Obama Administration’s request to stay an order blocking President Barack Obama’s latest round of executive actions on immigration. U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen said in an order issued Monday afternoon that […]
Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas) accused President Obama on Friday of hurrying a federal judge in Texas for a more favorable ruling on his executive actions concerning immigration. “They’re trying to rush it through the system because they want the judge to change his mind and the president wants to — […]