Posted on 03/09/2015 6:41:59 PM PDT by 11th_VA
A federal judge signaled Monday that he has no plans to act soon on the Obama Administration's request to stay an order blocking President Barack Obama's latest round of executive actions on immigration.
U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen said in an order issued Monday afternoon that he views as serious claims that federal government lawyers may have misled the court about the implementation of new immigration policies the president ordered in November.
Last week, the Justice Department advised Hanen that the federal government issued new 3-year "deferred action" grants and work permits to 100,000 people between November 24 and when Hanen blocked the Obama moves on February 16.
The group of 26 states whose lawsuit persuaded Hanen to block the Obama immigration actions recently filed a motion calling the federal disclosure "surprising" and asserting that Justice Department lawyers had assured the court that no action would be taken to implement Obama's new policies until mid-February.
Obama's moves announced in November expanded eligibility for the "Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals" program and initiated a new program for illegal immigrants who are parents of U.S. citizens or permanent residents. However, there was a third part to Obama's new actions: he extended the "deferred action" period protecting certain immigrants from deportation from two years to three, and authorized the issuance of three-year work permits as well.
Hanen, who sits in Brownsville, Texas, said Monday that he wants a more complete explanation of what happened.
"Due to the seriousness of the matters discussed therein, the Court will not rule on any other pending motions until it is clear that these matters, if true, do not impact the pending matters or any rulings previously made by this Court," Hanen wrote. He set a hearing on the matter for March 19 and ordered that Justice Department lawyers "be prepared to fully explain to this Court all of the matters addressed in and circumstances surrounding" the notice the feds sent the judge last week.
A Justice official who asked not to be named said Hanen's ruling was being reviewed.
Hanen's decision appears to indicate that he won't be meeting a deadline of sorts the Justice Department set last week, warning it could move to an appeals court to block Hanen's original injunction if he didn't act on a stay request by the close of business Monday.
So the March 19 date is just to review the administration’s misconduct charges, he’s not even ruling on the merits of the case yet ..
True that. Look what the admin did to pedo Menendez. I would not be surprised to see a Valerie Jarrett suicide attack on his house!
And one that's not on the government dole. (i.e. private security company.)
And one that's not on the government dole. (i.e. private security company.)
me too....but it is glorious to see someone with a spine act
I pray that 0bama will run out of armed minions to do his dirty work.
I wonder what the chances are of the full circuit court overturning his stay? To me it would seem like a hard case to make for the Justice Dept.
All the judge is asking for is time to review the 26 state case and wants no non reversible actions implemented until he has had time to work on his decision.
Go, judge, GO!
Holder and clowns don't set deadlines for court decisions, especially after getting caught lying to the court and making demands to the court for a quick decision on Hanen's stay.
Excellent. The judiciary is feeling the heat of a lawless Executive Branch. Even the feckless GOP leadership can cover this guy.
Hanen don’t play.
The gang bangers finally ran into a real judge, not the leftist parrots they hire.
That said, the entire Rat party would like to do him harm cuz he’s throwing a wrench into their future majority plan.
And they would.
God, I love Texas. I hope to immigrate there when they secede....I already have family there who will sponsor me.
You may want to move before then. Just sayin’.
I wish Abbott would send some Texas Rangers down there to surround his house.
So yesterday this garbage here comes out about the US being the “top destination” for aliens.
Embedded deep within the article, our Presidential cancer lays out our future with this quote:
“Over the long term, this is going to get solved, because at some point there’s going to be a President Rodriguez or there’s going to be a President Chen”.
Think long & hard about what that means for Americans. What kind of gov’t would allow it’s own citizenry to be considered 2nd class?
I really do fear for this judge.
But, he is right, if the government gave him misleading information, then how can he properly rule without correcting that misunderstanding that they fostered?
Possibly another Andrew about to be Breitbarted.
“federal government lawyers may have misled the court”
No, you gotta be kidding.
The federal government wouldn’t be grubering anyone. </s>
Pingy BTTT.
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