Post by pavel on Jan 19, 2016 16:31:48 GMT -6
The United States Supreme Court decided on Tuesday to consider the Obama administration’s controversial immigration program, which has been on hold for nearly a year after a Texas-based federal judge blocked the measure.
The program, announced in November 2014, is known as Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents, or DAPA. It would shield more than 4 million undocumented immigrants from deportation and allow them to apply for a renewable work permit.
It was stopped by U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen of Brownsville, who ruled the Obama administration didn’t comply with the federal government’s Administrative Procedure Act. The act governs how federal regulations are made. A Nov. 9 decision by the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Hanen's decision.
Texas was the first state to file suit to stop the program and 25 states eventually joined the case.
In a statement, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said the high court’s decision indicates the justices have an interest in seeing that the rule of law is upheld.
Read more: www.texastribune.org/2016/01/19/supreme-court-consider-obamas-immigration-program/
The program, announced in November 2014, is known as Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents, or DAPA. It would shield more than 4 million undocumented immigrants from deportation and allow them to apply for a renewable work permit.
It was stopped by U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen of Brownsville, who ruled the Obama administration didn’t comply with the federal government’s Administrative Procedure Act. The act governs how federal regulations are made. A Nov. 9 decision by the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Hanen's decision.
Texas was the first state to file suit to stop the program and 25 states eventually joined the case.
In a statement, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said the high court’s decision indicates the justices have an interest in seeing that the rule of law is upheld.
Read more: www.texastribune.org/2016/01/19/supreme-court-consider-obamas-immigration-program/