The temporary block on a White House immigration plan will continue. The federal judge in Texas has refused to lift an injunction that he had imposed; the plan would have protected millions of unlawful immigrants from deportation.
Twenty six states in the US had filed a suit stating that the President had exceeded his powers with executive orders that would enable 4.7 million unlawful immigrants to stay in the country without the threat of deportation. The President’s orders bypassed the Congress, as it was not able to agree on immigration reform.
Texan Attorney General Ken Paxton stated recently that the Obama government had misled the court regarding the early implementation of increased work permits to unlawful immigrants.
The issue was that a U S government filed recently that some 100,000 people had been given 3 year periods of deferred action before the judge’s ruling. The Justice Department asked for an emergency stay of the Texan Judge’s decision earlier on February 23rd. The Department has also filed a notice of appeal to the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals in the city of New Orleans.
The court recently rejected the opposition to President Obama’s executive action that granted relief from deportation to illegal immigrants who were brought to the US illegally when they were children.
