Posted on 05/08/2015 9:12:55 AM PDT by jazusamo
President Obama’s lawyers admitted to a federal judge late Thursday that they had broken the court’s injunction halting the administration’s new deportation amnesty, issuing thousands of work permits even after Judge Andrew S. Hanen had ordered the program stopped.
The stunning admission, filed just before midnight in Texas, where the case is being heard, is the latest misstep for the administration’s lawyers, who are facing possible sanctions by Judge Hanen for their continued problems in arguing the case.
The Justice Department lawyers said Homeland Security, which is the defendant in the case, told them Wednesday that an immigration agency had approved about 2,000 applications for three-year work permits, which was part of Mr. Obama’s new amnesty, even after Judge Hanen issued his Feb. 16 injunction halting the entire program.
Top Obama officials, including Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, had repeatedly assured Congress they had fully halted the program and were complying with the order.
“The government sincerely regrets these circumstances and is taking immediate steps to remedy these erroneous three-year terms,” the administration lawyers said.
The Justice Department didn’t respond to a request for comment Friday morning but Homeland Security officials said Mr. Johnson has asked his department’s inspector general to investigate what went wrong.
Homeland Security officials also said they’re going back to try to revoke the three-year permits and reissue them as two-year permits instead.
Judge Hanen had already been pondering whether to sanction the Justice Department lawyers after they admitted to misleading him — they said inadvertently — on more than 100,000 amnesty applications approved between the Nov. 20 date Mr. Obama announced the new program and the Feb. 16 date the judge issued his injunction.
Thursday’s filing, however, appears to be worse, since it breaks a direct injunction, and comes two months after the judge began...
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Obama never stopped and will never stop
So at what point do we see high crimes and misdemeanors?
OH WELL, WHAT ‘S FOR LUNCH?.....................
Never as long as whatever you do IT’S RACIST.
I agree, until the House Speaker brings impeachment into the picture 0bama won’t even slow down and impeachment ain’t gonna happen.
I think the Judge simply needs to revoke the law licenses of those involved, and suspend the top guy from his job for a month...then ask the number two guy what he’s going to do to fix the problem. If he hesitates....suspend him for a month, and move on down the line.
VOID THOSE PERMITS NOW!! And go after those who allowed this to happen! Until SOMEONE(s) in this Admin are held accoutnalbe for their lawlessness, no one will bother to follow the law! Bring indictments NOW! I am sure, if anyone in this Admin is convicted by a lower court, Obama will pardon.......but MAKE HIM HAVE TO DO IT! THE LAW OF THE LAND MUST BE RESURRECTED AND UPHELD FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO HAVE ANY FAITH IN THEIR GOVERNMENT AGAIN!!
I’m f’ing tired of taxation without representation.
F’ing tired of this $#!+!!!
Need some disbarments and some people in jail to stop this.
“Why is no one getting arrested?”
Yup... there should be arrests. Citizen arrests.
They know that they are the enforcement arm of the judge’s orders.
It’s up to this judge and it looks like he doesn’t have the guts to start arresting people for contempt.
Shouldn’t the judge be issuing out arrest warrants?
Not until he and all his minions are removed from office.
He sure should in my view.
“Thursday’s filing, however, appears to be worse, since it breaks a direct injunction, and comes two months after the judge began...”
Administration:’judge~smudge, go f yourself we do what we want’
....the latest misstep????....
Nah, this IS the agenda...do what you want and let someone else pick up the mess afterward...meanwhile press on...and he is and will do so. No skin off his nose...he’s still the President no matter what he does and there’s simply no push back.
Worse then a sad day for our country....that we have no representation for the people at all willing to step up and “do” anything more than talk.
Not so sure the election will change the trajectory we’re on.
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