By Emily Anne Espinosa |Staff Writer|
President Barack Obama’s executive actions to protect immigrants from deportation has been blocked by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, causing a setback in the administration’s agenda before the end of Obama’s second term.
The three judge panel of the Court of Appeals voted 2-1 in Texas v. United States, upholding a lower court injunction and temporarily blocking implementation from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA), two immigration reform programs that play a key role in Obama’s second-term initiative on reforming immigration, according to the National Immigration Law Center.
The judges of the Fifth Circuit were Carolyn King, Jerry Smith, and Jennifer Elrod. Elrod and Smith ruled against the executive action, while King ruled for it, according to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals files.
Smith stated, “the INA (Immigration and Naturalization Act) flatly does not permit the reclassification of millions of illegal aliens as lawfully present and thereby make them newly eligible for a host of federal and state benefits, including work authorization,” according to The Atlantic.
Texas and 25 other states are challenging the immigration initiative. The chance of the administration’s executive actions being implemented now depends on an appeal to the Supreme Court, according to CNBC.
The Justice Department said that it disagreed with the court’s ruling and will seek review from the Supreme Court, but if the Supreme Court declines to hear the case, final resolution could come under a new president, according to The Atlantic.
The states argued that the federal government exceeded its authority in demanding whole categories of immigrants be protected, according to CNBC.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton stated, “throughout this process, the Obama Administration has aggressively disregarded the constitutional limits on executive power, and Texas, leading a charge of 26 states, has secured an important victory to put a halt to the president’s lawlessness.”
There are others who want an appeal to the Supreme Court against the Court of Appeal’s decision.“The most directly impacted are the five million U.S. citizen children whose parents would be eligible for temporary relief from deportation,” stated Marielena Hincapie of the National Immigration Law Center in a press release.
The Justice Department said that Obama’s action would, “allow DHS to bring greater accountability to our immigration system by prioritizing the removal of the worst offenders, not people who have long ties to the United States and who are raising American children,” according to Fox News.
The program’s DAPA, created by the administration, would enable about 4.3 million otherwise removable undocumented immigrants to be eligible for work authorization and associated benefits, and DACA, expanded by the administration, would allow non-citizens who were brought here as children to apply for work authorization and protection from deportation for three years, according to CNN.
David John Francis says
November 24, 2015 at 2:38 AMBecause I surf the E-newspapers every day, I have began to notice a breakout of Progressive Left wing blogs and media. Its actually saturating the Internet doing their level best to either insult the Conservative 'Outsiders' or encompass the web with an account of something they said and twisting the words or omitting any Presidential candidates statements. It is a sly tactic by reporters who have succumbed to the Liberal slant to undermine the Republicans? It is not even any different in the E-Press as the mainstream newspapers are always dominating first on Google, MSN, Yahoo or any search engines. The corporate ownership of the media completely dictate what we read/see, whether it's the Liberal, Democratic prepared schedule or the GOP Elites? These Super Pac are a scam anyway, but it just show the desperation of the hierarchy in the political parties? THEY ARE GOING TO LOSE THEIR MONEY MAKING MACHINE IF TRUMP WINS?
Without doubt illegal immigration will be right at the front of issues that will be governing the 2016 election? That be a combination of Donald Trumps wall and by far the most important–MANDATORY E-VERIFY and a BIO-METRIC SYSTEMS FOR ALL EXIT AND ENTRY PORTS. We must enact these programs to stop the drain on all levels of government. It will not be accomplished under Obamas rule, but it sure will if Trump gets the top job. The $$100 billion to $$ 200 dollars that is going to support foreigners and now the chance of 100 thousand Syrian refugees all on this presidents watch. Keep them over there in a safe region and pay for their survival, until ISIS is wiped out?
Yet another multinational company is moving to Ireland, owing to the high corporation taxes here. They call it “reverse-inversion,” and Allergan, a small Dublin-based drug company that makes products such as Botox, will technically buy the US-based Mega drug company Pfizer, which makes products such as Viagra and Lipitor. These 'Reverse Inversions" means loss of thousands of jobs, because of the highest corporate taxes in the world. Recently Ford Manufacturing commenced to make a move to Mexico and this will include Nabisco.
Donald Trump will put a block on these giant companies going overseas or Central America. Trumps ultimatum to these tax games is lowering corporate taxes or suffers the consequences of an import tariff on all goods and products of 35 % entering into the United States. We cannot suffer any more from job losses of companies leaving this nation. Unfortunately we have a bunch of Bozo's in Washington, who don't seem to care about our business policies? Unless of course they have a secret motive to make money from shares, which are hidden from public view?
Donald Trump is on the highest rung of business acumen; a top notch contract writer and he can reclaim businesses and industry that is already in some low tax country. WE just cannot compete with China, Mexico, India Mexico, and a mass of foreign and governmental entities. Trump is the ONLY one for President will bring back employment for all Americans. It's a renewal for depressed neighborhoods were crime is rampant? There is an outcry from the impoverished that are dragged down by poverty, whether you're a black, Hispanic, Latino, white American citizen or lawfully here immigrant or any other race, who are either have a poor paying job, underemployed or just have vanished from the job market. 92 million Americans have no job and are reliant on Welfare programs.
Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders plan is to spend what money is left in the state and federal treasuries. Only jobs government can produce is in there sector, whereas jobs are created in the private sector. Yes! They can spend taxpayer's money on free education, free healthcare free everything–but it cannot survive?
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Jm Fay says
November 23, 2015 at 3:08 PMLets clear up some of your misconceptions. Obama already has put in policies that allow most illegals to be free from the deportation threat. His "orders" were to give them work permits; ssn; etc and get eligible for all kinds of benefits. That is the real issue here because states are the ones who are paying most of the costs of illegals and once you classify them as "lawfully present"; they can get drivers liceses; work comp; etc.
This also does an end around existing immigration laws which put limits on the number of work permits given out each year.
These are not non citizens; they are ilegal immigrants. People like calling a spade a spade and green card holders are also non citizens but they are legally here!
NO amnesty. NO work permits. NO nothing but deportation.