A leaked memo has exposed a secret Obama Administration plot to undermine a federal judge’s ruling blocking his executive action granting millions of illegal aliens amnesty. The document, apparently prepared as follow-up from a DHS “Regulations Retreat” last summer, appears sure to re-ignite concerns in Congress as well as federal judges in the Fifth Circuit. […]
Obama Loses! Appeals Court Upholds Injunction Against Obama’s Executive Amnesty
May 26, 2015 by 2 Comments
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with Federal judge Andrew Hanen to keep his injunction in place blocking Obama’s executive action saying “Mr. Obama’s amnesty likely broke the law governing how big policies are to be written.” “The public interest favors maintenance of the injunction,” the judges wrote in the majority opinion. Texas and […]
Lawless DHS Ignored Judge’s Order, Processes Amnesties for Illegals
May 11, 2015 by 2 Comments
President Obama’s lawyers admitted in court the Department of Homeland Security had issued work permits to illegal aliens after a Texas judge set an injunction against Obama’s executive action. The Justice Department lawyers said Homeland Security, which is the defendant in the case, told them Wednesday that an immigration agency had approved about 2,000 applications […]
Arpaio Challenge to Obama’s Amnesty Orders Under Fire at Federal Court
May 5, 2015 by 3 Comments
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio lawsuit contending the President’s unwillingness to enforce immigration law is causing his county to spend millions to detain illegal alien criminals was heard in the D.C. Federal Appeals Court this week. During oral arguments, the judges seemed to claim they did not see how the President’s failure to enforce immigration […]
Appeals Court Seems Likely to Snub Obama on Executive Amnesty
April 20, 2015 by 8 Comments
President Obama’s lawyers received a chilly reception from the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals as they tried to lift Judge Andrew Hanen’s injunction stopping Obama’s executive action on illegal immigration. 26 states sued the Administration over Obama’s order and Judge Hanen temporarily blocked implementation back in February. A three judge panel heard oral arguments over […]
Appeals Court Sides With Obama on Technicality
April 8, 2015 by 2 Comments
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with President Obama on a ruling in a lawsuit brought by the state of Mississippi over his 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) executive edict. Instead of ruling on the merits of the case, the federal judges agreed with the Obama Administration on the technical point that […]
