Times a wastin
Posted on 03/24/2017 5:52:09 PM PDT by Rusty0604
The plaintiffs argue that former President Obama’s September 22, 2016 “presidential determination” that he wanted Congress to fund the resettlement of up to 110,000 refugees in the United States in FY 2017 means that Congress must fund the resettlement of 110,000 refugees this fiscal year, and that President Trump has absolutely no say in the matter.
The facts and the law say otherwise.
HIAS wants more money from the federal government in FY 2017, and claims in the complaint that it was promised that money by the Department of State.
HIAS and IRAP fail to acknowledge in their complaint that the “earlier proclamation setting a limit of 110,000” refugees to be resettled in the United States in FY 2017 was not a Constitutionally authorized executive order, or even a “proclamation,” but instead was the statutory “presidential determination” for FY 2017 made by former President Obama on September 22, 2016.
Under the statute, the Refugee Act of 1980, such a “presidential determination” of maximum refugee resettlements must be made prior to the beginning of the next fiscal year (in this case October 1, 2016, the beginning of FY 2017) and merely sets a top limit of refugees authorized but not funded for the coming year. Congress actually sets the funding level for the number of refugees to be resettled when it passes a budget
After President Obama made a “presidential determination” of 110,000 refugees to be resettled in FY 2017, an increase of 29 percent from the FY 2016 level, Congress was unable to agree upon a FY 2017 budget. Instead, in October it passed a ...continuing resolution ...
Beyond April 28, there are currently no funds appropriated to resettle refugees in the United States for the balance of FY 2017. Congress may change that between now and April 28,...
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
"Federal Judge Who Blocked Trump Travel Ban Will Rule on Plaintiffs Request to Double Number of Refugees in FY 2017"
“HIAS is a plaintiff in at least one of the lawsuits against the Trump Administration and I thought it might be a good idea to show you their complaints which seem to center around the idea that they were promised so many refugees (paying clients) this fiscal year and now they might not get them,” Ann Corcoran at Refugee Resettlement Watch says.
“Can you sue the federal government to get grants you were hoping for?” she asks. “Shouldn’t there be a federal law disallowing non-profits receiving federal grants from working against the hand that feeds them?” Corcoran wonders.
Do what Obama did with Conservative groups, sic the IRS on them.
Heck, why bother with VISAs? Just let everybody in.
The communists Courts will run the Federal Government. Piece by piece and President Trump will find it hard to cut them off unless impeachment is started.
#### the courts and whatever ruling comes out of it.
obama didn’t listen to any laws. Or obey them.
I’m sick of people running to judges little little faggots.
With that ####ing leprechaun leading the house, everything is made that much harder.
HE NEEDS TO GO!
Good solution.
Time for pitchforks and torches.
“The plaintiffs argue that former President Obama’s September 22, 2016 “presidential determination”
A no-brainer: President Trump can just reverse the determination.
Waiting for all the “constitutional conservatives” to speak out in defense of Trump on this...still waiting...
The democrats are doubling down on their FU to Trump and the American people.
Any judge who tries this assault upon the Executive is a criminal.
He did. But these judges don’t care about the law. In the article it points that this judge would not be impartial, he worked for Obama among other things. I don’t get how these judges can even take on these frivolous cases.
I agree. How do they get reigned in?
Spending bills come from the House, not a presidential determination. Screw you, Obama.
Their probably hoping that Trump violates one of these egregious court orders so they can impeach him.
Congress has the authority to restrict jurisdiction. They could remove immigration matters from the courts below the Supreme Court or abolish the courts altogether. The likelihood of such action is unlikely to say the least.
Times a wastin
Sic up Trump.....shut this crap down now....
McConnell and Ryan could have issued a joint statement explaining the Constitution’s grant to Congress exclusive power over immigration and that Congress delegated to the President via 8 USC § 1182(f) the authority for his Executive Order and that it is the will of Congress that the President exercise this authority and that he be able to do so without interference.
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