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 […]
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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 — […]
A top House Democrat said Wednesday that President Obama is eying a partial launch of his new deportation-relief programs, despite a federal court’s recent decision to block them. Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-Ill.) said the administration is weighing whether it has the authority to initiate the executive actions in the states not involved […]