EXCERPTS:
When Federal Judge Andrew Hanen previously blocked the implementation of Obama’s sweeping immigration “executive action”, the DOJ claimed nothing had been done to begin the rules change. However, they lied.
From the time of the November 2014 President Obama announcement, to the February 2015 court ruling, the Department of Homeland Security had implemented rules to change the status of over 100,000 illegal aliens. (link for explanation)
.................The White House and DHS attempted to thread the needle with a claim of Presidential authority to “set priorities regarding enforcement“.
However, as we previously outlined the “enforcement priority” did more than “prioritize enforcement”, it actually created an entire new category of immigration personage.
Yesterday a Federal Court blocked the Obama/DHS plan, ruling that as the lawsuits filed by Texas and 25 states challenging the action proceeded – an injunction barring the application of the new “executive action” would place a hold on any change.
Judge Andrew Hanen’s decision carried an accompanying memorandum which states:
[…] the lawsuit should go forward, and that without a preliminary injunction the states will “suffer irreparable harm in this case.” “The genie would be impossible to put back into the bottle,” he wrote, adding that he agreed with the plaintiffs’ argument that legalizing the presence of millions of people is a “virtually irreversible” action. (link)
Obviously this is a huge blow to the Obama immigration agenda, and we should anticipate a significant amount of liberal media outrage and sympathy toward Obama’s grand scheme being derailed. The White House responded immediately with the following statement: READ MORE ->
