Post by pavel on Apr 8, 2016 22:28:55 GMT -6
WASHINGTON — Both of Georgia’s U.S. senators have joined in an amicus brief supporting 26 states, including Georgia, in the Obama administration’s appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court of a federal appeals court ruling last year that has halted the administration’s 2014 executive action to defer deportation of about 5 million undocumented immigrants.
The states challenged the action in federal court in Texas, where the judge held up implementation of the orders. The nation’s highest court has taken up the administration’s appeal of the court ruling, which was upheld in 2015 by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Under the executive orders, some of those deferrals would be from an expansion of the 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, but the lion’s share would be people would be covered by a new program for the undocumented parents of U.S. citizens or legal permanent U.S. residents. In the latter category, the covered individuals would have to have been in the United States for at least five years.
Under the plan, each deferral would be good for three years (DACA deferrals are currently for two years) and would authorize the individual to work in the U.S. in each deferral period granted. Those covered by the act also would have to register for and pass criminal background checks and pay taxes and penalties.
Read more: www.albanyherald.com/news/local/government/georgia-s-u-s-senators-join-amicus-brief-on-immigration/article_5a0b90fc-7e78-5586-b9f4-dbc965bfd40f.html
The states challenged the action in federal court in Texas, where the judge held up implementation of the orders. The nation’s highest court has taken up the administration’s appeal of the court ruling, which was upheld in 2015 by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Under the executive orders, some of those deferrals would be from an expansion of the 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, but the lion’s share would be people would be covered by a new program for the undocumented parents of U.S. citizens or legal permanent U.S. residents. In the latter category, the covered individuals would have to have been in the United States for at least five years.
Under the plan, each deferral would be good for three years (DACA deferrals are currently for two years) and would authorize the individual to work in the U.S. in each deferral period granted. Those covered by the act also would have to register for and pass criminal background checks and pay taxes and penalties.
Read more: www.albanyherald.com/news/local/government/georgia-s-u-s-senators-join-amicus-brief-on-immigration/article_5a0b90fc-7e78-5586-b9f4-dbc965bfd40f.html