The rest of the article:
Judge Hanen issued an injunction blocking the full amnesty on Feb. 16, two days before it was to take effect. The administration two weeks later informed the judge that it already was carrying out a part of the amnesty.
“We sincerely regret the misunderstanding that the government’s statements inadvertently caused, and hope that this submission fully resolves the issue,” the administration said in its brief.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is leading the challenge against Mr. Obama’s amnesty, said the government failed to turn over anything of value and was ignoring the court’s orders.
“Not only does the Obama administration deny the coalition of 26 suing states the opportunity to review documents about how the DOJ misrepresented the early implementation of its executive amnesty program, it also suggests that the judge himself should not review those documents,” Mr. Paxton said.
“Regardless, we will continue to fight for the rule of law by asking the district court to carefully review the administration’s withheld documents and hold the DOJ accountable so they provide reliable information about this case, both to the court and to the states.”
Texas has asked for limited discovery in the case to try to figure out how seriously it should treat the government’s behavior. Judge Hanen now has those documents and will have to decide what to make public.
The fight is over one small part of the series of actions Mr. Obama announced in November when he expanded his policies granting deportation amnesty to illegal immigrants.
His 2012 amnesty for so-called Dreamers granted them legal status and work permits good for two years. In November, Mr. Obama expanded the status and eligibility to three years. The court says it wasn’t told about the three-year expansion.
“Whether by ignorance, omission, purposeful misdirection, or because they were misled by their clients, the attorneys for the government misrepresented the facts,” the judge said last month, adding that he was stunned the government waited two weeks after his ruling to inform him that the applications already had been processed.
Texas has argued that had it known applications were being processed, it would have taken extra legal steps to try to halt the program earlier.
Judge Hanen is considering whether to issue sanctions against the Obama administration — though he has said he won’t strike the government’s pleadings, which essentially would have erased the administration’s defense and granted victory by default to Texas.
Judge Hanen said that while that may have been warranted, it would be a disservice to the weighty issues at stake in the case, including fundamental issues of presidential power.
Thanks for posting more of the article.
Another thread posted with a similar title:
Obama admin tells immigration judge: Amnesty Has Already Begun
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3286001/posts
See Liz’s post
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3286001/posts?page=8#8
....and what about the 500,000 social security numbers Obama just allocated to illegal aliens.....?