Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN Texas Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today filed a response with the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas in Brownsville opposing the Obama Administrations motion to stay the courts ruling on the Presidents executive action on immigration.
Not only is the President ignoring the rule of law outright he is unilaterally granting legal status work authorizations and other benefits to more than 4 million individuals in this country illegally" Attorney General Paxton said. An action of this magnitude is beyond any presidents authority and if allowed to proceed would inevitably cause irreparable harm to our state imposing hundreds of millions of dollars in costs on Texas. Further as the court has already pointed out once President Obama initiates this action it will be practically impossible to undo. The court properly halted the Obama Administrations unlawful action and the defendants request for a stay should be denied."
The federal district court granted a preliminary injunction on February 16 enjoining in full President Barack Obamas executive action.
Texas leads a 26-state bipartisan coalition fighting the Presidents attempt to unilaterally grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants. Joining Texas in the lawsuit are: Alabama Arizona Arkansas Florida Georgia Idaho Indiana Kansas Louisiana Maine Michigan Mississippi Montana Nebraska Nevada North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Utah West Virginia Wisconsin.
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN Texas Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today filed a response with the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas in Brownsville opposing the Obama Administrations motion to stay the courts ruling on the Presidents executive action on immigration.
Not only is the President ignoring the rule of law outright he is unilaterally granting legal status work authorizations and other benefits to more than 4 million individuals in this country illegally" Attorney General Paxton said. An action of this magnitude is beyond any presidents authority and if allowed to proceed would inevitably cause irreparable harm to our state imposing hundreds of millions of dollars in costs on Texas. Further as the court has already pointed out once President Obama initiates this action it will be practically impossible to undo. The court properly halted the Obama Administrations unlawful action and the defendants request for a stay should be denied."
The federal district court granted a preliminary injunction on February 16 enjoining in full President Barack Obamas executive action.
Texas leads a 26-state bipartisan coalition fighting the Presidents attempt to unilaterally grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants. Joining Texas in the lawsuit are: Alabama Arizona Arkansas Florida Georgia Idaho Indiana Kansas Louisiana Maine Michigan Mississippi Montana Nebraska Nevada North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Utah West Virginia Wisconsin.
