Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN Texas Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a brief defending the preliminary injunction issued by a federal district court which stopped the Obama Administrations lawless executive amnesty. The brief was filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
President Obamas attempt to reward millions of illegal immigrants with legal status work permits and other significant benefits is an affront to the separation of powers and our Constitution" General Paxton said. The Presidents executive amnesty program would be one of the most sweeping changes in immigration policy in our nations history and would be virtually impossible to reverse if implemented. The federal district judge was justified in stopping the Obama Administrations attempt to unilaterally rewrite the law as we continue to press our case in court."
On February 16 the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction on the Presidents executive amnesty program preventing the program from taking effect. Oral argument in the preliminary-injunction appeal will be held the week of July 6 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
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 and Wisconsin.
To view the brief please visit: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/files/epress/files/2015/May/Brief20for20Appellees.pdf
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN Texas Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a brief defending the preliminary injunction issued by a federal district court which stopped the Obama Administrations lawless executive amnesty. The brief was filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
President Obamas attempt to reward millions of illegal immigrants with legal status work permits and other significant benefits is an affront to the separation of powers and our Constitution" General Paxton said. The Presidents executive amnesty program would be one of the most sweeping changes in immigration policy in our nations history and would be virtually impossible to reverse if implemented. The federal district judge was justified in stopping the Obama Administrations attempt to unilaterally rewrite the law as we continue to press our case in court."
On February 16 the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction on the Presidents executive amnesty program preventing the program from taking effect. Oral argument in the preliminary-injunction appeal will be held the week of July 6 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
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 and Wisconsin.
To view the brief please visit: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/files/epress/files/2015/May/Brief20for20Appellees.pdf
