Posted on 02/17/2015 6:07:30 PM PST by kristinn
While President Obama has made it clear his administration will appeal District Court Judge Andrew Hanen’s ruling blocking his executive action on immigration, the president’s immigration plan will likely be on hold for months or longer.
Though no final decision has been made, Obama administration sources told ABC News today that the Department of Justice is unlikely to seek an emergency stay to block the judge’s order. The reason is simple: While DOJ thinks it will ultimately prevail on the overall appeal, department officials believe they would not succeed in seeking an emergency stay of Judge Hanen’s ruling.
The judge’s ruling is likely to remain in place while the case is appealed before the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals and, quite possibly, to the Supreme Court. That process is likely to take six months -- or longer. That means the 5 million undocumented immigrants who had been hoping to apply for DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) to obtain work permits, drivers licenses, and relief from fear of deportation will have to wait.
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Obama will continue in Secret , no one knows what he’s really doing anyway
I almost think it’s a trick....To get the House and senate to pass a clean funding bill for Homeland Security.
This case will stay in the 5th Circuit. That is why they will wait until they can appeal another case in another circuit. Most likely they will get a friendly plaintiff to file a fake case in another circuit that they can take up on appeal.
Good! That idiot Tim McCaine? has been insistent all day this is going nowhere on FNC, that we already saw an appeal tonight!
I just think this administration is in trouble and starting to fall apart. Lots of hysterics coming from Marie Harf and Eric Holder today.
I’m pretty confident that this has been stopped in it’s tracks for now. Obama properly assumed his ‘directive’ would spark Republicans into giving him exactly what he wanted, and was likely surprised when the herd didn’t come rushing in to give everything to the illegals once again.
Welcome to lame duckhood, Mr. Obama, where we count down the days until you’re out of office and you can set up a presidential cubby hole to hold your trophy for worst president ever.
Bet they’re planning his world wide goodbye tour even as I type, so Obama can spend three months vacationing at our expense (and enjoying the best golf of his life.)
This will be in court for years, and when Obama leaves office this “order” no longer exists.
The amnesty establishment wants political cover on this, ideally a pro-amnesty Republican being nominated for President or an anti-amnesty one losing the election.
They have GOPe that will approve amnesty and growth of H1B.
I remember that. Don’t think he could get away with it on something this big, but who knows? He needs to just be impeached.
A bigger threat to Homeland Security is not not funding it, but open boarders and stopping deportations of people that we have no idea who they are. Why can’t the Republicans bring up this fact? The dems are hypocrits by saying not funding will put the USA in danger. What about massive illegal immigration and open borders that they all support?
It’s a long war....we are for sure still in big trouble.
This reeks of Kabuki theater to me.
The timing is just too perfect. I hope I’m wrong and justice prevailed. With this Admin I trust nothing and no one but do hope for the best.
With Reagan we could “trust but verify” but with this POTUS... uh... no.
We shall see....
Texas has the full force of law behind her and can take aggressive action against any who would try to move on it for the time being.
this was a memo to Jeh Johnson to go ahead and break the law
Wasn’t Jeh Johnson the key figure in creating Obama’s EO and related strategy to bypass congress?
Obama will continue in Secret , no one knows what he’s really doing anyway
The border patrol union has already sued about Obama making them break the law. So if Obama tries to keep it up, it won’t be a secret.
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