For the third day in a row, Senate Republicans today pushed for a vote on an anti-immigrant DHS funding bill that would lead to mass deportations for DREAMers and immigrant parents. They’re playing with yet another government shutdown in an effort to ‘fight back’ against ‘constitutional overreach.’ Except that President Obama’s executive...
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As we await a decision from Federal Judge Andrew Hanenon the Republican state legal challenge to President’s Obama’s immigration actions, more and more sensible voices continue to weigh in with their analysis of the law and policy. Yesterday David Leopold, former president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), took to the pages of...
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Nevada has become the 26th state to sign onto the states’ lawsuit against President Obama’s executive action, leaving Gov. Brian Sandoval (R-NV) in a bit of a tough spot. Technically, it’s Nevada’s Attorney General Adam Laxalt who signed the state onto the lawsuit. But Sandoval is a Latino governor leading a state...
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Twelve states and a roster of police chiefs have made their support known for President Obama’s recent executive action — and joining them today are more than 30 Mayors, who are signing their own amicus brief defending Obama’s announcement. The effort was led by Mayors Bill de Blasio of New York City and...
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The 25 states’ lawsuit against President Obama’s executive action received its first hearing from federal judge Andrew Hanen in Brownsville, Texas last week — you can see our report on the judge and his potential bias on the topic here. At the New York Times today is an editorial emphasizing many...
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Yesterday, the case filed by 25 states suing President Obama over executive action received its first hearing with federal judge Andrew Hanen. The defendant (the federal government) has requested until the end of January to file another brief, which means that Hanen’s ruling won’t come until at least February. There are several...
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Today was the first hearing in the 25 states’ lawsuit against executive action, heard by federal judge Andrew Hanen in Brownsville, TX — and advocates were on hand to make it clear what they thought about the lawsuit. Obama’s executive action utilizes is an enforcement tool (prosecutorial discretion) that has...
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Urge Officials to Remove Ohio from the Lawsuit and Protect State’s Good Name Leaders and Ohio Residents Directly Impacted by Immigration Policy Available for Interviews Today, a judge in Texas is hearing opening arguments in the 25-state lawsuit against the President’s recent action on immigration. While Governor Greg Abbott of...
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Twelve states filed an amicus brief supporting President Obama’s recent executive action today, and a number of law enforcement officials from around the country did the same, bolstering the fact that Obama’s immigration action is a common-sense practice that has a long history of precedent. The law enforcement amicus...
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This week, the 25 states suing President Obama over executive action will have their first day in court, with a hearing scheduled for Thursday, January 15. Today, however, 12 states in favor of executive action threw their support behind President Obama by filing an amicus curiae (“friend of the...
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