(Reuters) – A federal judge in Texas has refused to lift a temporary block on a White House immigration plan that would have shielded millions of illegal immigrants from deportation, court documents show. U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen in Brownsville, a city along the border with Mexico, rejected a U.S. […]
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The U.S. Army has expanded a program that encourages immigrants with certain language and medical skills to enlist by offering them a fast track to U.S. citizenship. The Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest, known as Mavni, will double to 3,000 enlistments in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, […]
By Cristina Marcos Leaders of more than 70 cities and counties signed on to a legal brief on Monday calling for President Obama’s executive actions on immigration to move ahead.A Texas district judge issued a temporary injunction in February to freeze the executive actions to shield certain illegal immigrants from […]
U.S. Appeals Judge’s Hold On President Obama’s Immigration Executive Action
31 Mar
by Foster, on News
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department urged a federal appeals court Monday to reverse a hold a judge placed on President Barack Obama’s immigration executive action. The 69-page brief was filed with the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ahead of arguments scheduled for next month. Lawyers for the federal […]