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It’s official: DHS shuts down Obama’s immigration plan after Texas ruling, ‘until further notice’
Blaze ^ | Pete Kasperowicz | Feb. 17, 2015 1:56pm

Posted on 02/17/2015 12:28:21 PM PST by Red Steel

The Department of Homeland Security said that it would not be moving forward on Wednesday with its plan to implement President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration, after a federal judge imposed an injunction on the program.

DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson said Tuesday that he “strongly” disagrees with the decision by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, but said “we recognize we must comply with it.”

“Accordingly, the Department of Homeland Security will not begin accepting requests for the expansion of DACA tomorrow, February 18, as originally planned,” Johnson said. “Until further notice, we will also suspend the plan to accept requests for DAPA.”

Attorney General Eric Holder reacted by saying the Justice Department is still looking at the decision and is considering next steps. But he said the ruling is likely the first step in a larger process.

“I… have always expected that this is a matter that will ultimately be decided by a higher court, if not the Supreme Court,” he said. “I think it has to be seen in that context. This, I would view, as an interim step in a process that… has more to play out.”

There was some uncertainty earlier in the day over how the court ruling would affect DHS plans to implement Obama’s action. But DHS’s announcement seems to indicate that the program will likely be on hold until some final level of court review.

The Obama administration has already said it would appeal the injunction, and it’s possible that an appellate court could overturn the Texas decision, possibly after several weeks or perhaps months.

Johnson said the court ruling affects two key parts of Obama’s action — the expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, and the new Deferred Action for Parents of Americans, known together as DACA and DAPA. Those programs are expected to allow as many as 5 million illegal immigrants gain legal protection in the United States and to work.

But Johnson said illegal immigrants will still be able to apply for the part of DACA created in 2012, which lets younger immigrants seek protection if they were here as of mid-2012. The new expansion lets others apply if they were here as of 2010.

Johnson also said the court decision won’t stop DHS from prioritizing immigrants for deportation. Many Republicans are less concerned with the administration’s enforcement priorities, and are much more concerned with the positive benefits Obama is trying to confer on people deemed to be lower priorities.


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KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; court; dhs; injunction
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To: Red Steel

Does this BOzo law apply to ALL illegals, Russians, Chinese, Canadians, etc.


41 posted on 02/17/2015 2:29:26 PM PST by jetson (Can I catch you a delicious bass...)
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To: Red Steel

I’m surprised an Obama Cabinet official would follow the court order rather than his boss’s wish and command. Good for Secy. Johnson.

This won’t be finished in the courts till O is out of office. So it will be a major 2016 campaign issue, and clearly set apart the candidates.

Popcorn time.


42 posted on 02/17/2015 2:30:16 PM PST by EDINVA
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To: dware

What these states are doing, though, is outstanding. They can’t give up when SCOTUS agrees with 0.


43 posted on 02/17/2015 2:50:10 PM PST by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: Red Steel

“Stroke of the pen, law of the land.”


44 posted on 02/17/2015 4:05:40 PM PST by wastedyears (I may be stupid, but at least I'm not Darwin Awards stupid.)
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To: potlatch
I'll eat every bean and pee on his plate--wait.
45 posted on 02/17/2015 4:41:30 PM PST by PhilDragoo (Hussein: Islamo-Commie from Fakistan)
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To: Red Steel

“Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program”= MS 13 thugs. Fortunately, we have Marine and Airborne vets to wipe them out.


46 posted on 02/17/2015 5:11:19 PM PST by sergeantdave
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To: demshateGod

“What these states are doing, though, is outstanding. They can’t give up when SCOTUS agrees with 0.”

10-4, demshateGod.

This thread is infested with surrender monkeys. We get a piece of good news, and gutless FR trolls tell us that it doesn’t matter because Buckwheat will win in the end. Some so-called conservatives on FR have no guts to join the fight.


47 posted on 02/17/2015 5:42:10 PM PST by sergeantdave
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To: PhilDragoo

LOL, thanks for the good laugh!!


48 posted on 02/17/2015 7:19:13 PM PST by potlatch ("Dream as if you'll live forever...Live as if you'll die today")
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To: Dilbert San Diego

its a MoBro name


49 posted on 02/17/2015 8:07:05 PM PST by magna carta
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To: originalbuckeye
And does ANYONE believe a word out of Jeh Johnson’s mouth??

And furthermore, WTH kind of a stupid name is "Jeh" anyway? Did his single crack parent get distracted and fail to complete the rest of his name on the birth certificate application? I know he's one of 0dumb0's people and a rat bastard hard core socialist marxist....well, I guess that explains it right there.

50 posted on 02/17/2015 9:51:50 PM PST by rcrngroup
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To: Red Steel

Now we’ll hear from the higher courts. It ain’t over ‘til the fatheads on SCOTUS say it’s over.


51 posted on 02/18/2015 2:32:48 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: sergeantdave

I was thinking the same thing as I scrolled along on this thread. I think it is really good news.


52 posted on 02/18/2015 4:28:00 AM PST by hawkaw
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To: hawkaw

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3259002/posts?page=94#94


53 posted on 02/22/2015 12:20:18 PM PST by devolve (They called me mad, and I called them mad, and damn them, they outvoted me. --Nathaniel Lee)
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the bastards are inside the White House walls

54 posted on 02/22/2015 9:04:47 PM PST by devolve (They called me mad, and I called them mad, and damn them, they outvoted me. --Nathaniel Lee)
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