A federal judge in South Texas on Monday temporarily blocked President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration, giving a coalition of 26 states time to pursue a lawsuit that aims to permanently stop the orders.
U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen's decision comes after a hearing in Brownsville in January and puts on hold Obama's orders that could spare as many as five million people who are in the U.S. illegally from deportation.
Hanen wrote in a memorandum accompanying his order that 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.
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One judge in south Texas shows some guts and common sense. Good on him. But there's a bunch of judges in superior courts waiting to back up Obama's insanity.
ReplyDeleteI am afraid.
DeleteEnforcement of Federal court orders falls to the Dept of Justice. If O' and his Attorney General decide to ignore a court order, who is going to do what about it?
ReplyDeleteDavid Martin
We shall see.
DeleteAnd of course, this administration is going to appeal this decision.
ReplyDeleteBob III
Yup and here's a reply.
Delete5 Key Findings From The Injunction Blocking Obama's Amnesty
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/conncarroll/2015/02/17/5-key-findings-in-opinion-blocking-obamas-amnesty-n1958462?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=
The mother's who left their children behind should legally be charged with
ReplyDeleteabandonment and shipped off to join their children. Obama needs to go
play his violin elsewhere.
Agreed x 2.
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