Posted on 08/07/2018 7:52:10 AM PDT by ColdOne
Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday unloaded on a federal judge who ordered the administration to reinstate the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy last week, saying the ruling was "improper" and vowing to keep up enforcement efforts against illegal immigration "aggressively."
Sessions added that the judge had effectively "eviscerated" the legal authority of the executive branch and Congress, and strongly suggested the administration would appeal the ruling.
The Trump administration announced last year it would end DACA, which was implemented by the Obama administration using executive authority and protects illegal immigrants brought to the U.S. as children from deportation. However, the Republican-controlled Congress has failed to agree to a permanent statutory replacement for the program, despite several legislative attempts.
Federal judges have since barred the administration from ending the program entirely, saying it would be acceptable only to shut down future enrollment in DACA because existing applicants had already relied on it. But the ruling by U.S. District Judge John Bates went a step further by ordering authorities to essentially reinstate DACA in full.
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And does not the "D" in DACA stand for "deferred?" Well, the deferral is up. Congress can codify DACA through the normal legislative process and chooses not to do so, even though urged to address this by the President.
Hey, judge, how 'bout we follow the law?
I hope someone is keeping a list.
Jeff continues to disappoint. This response makes it sound like the Legislative and Executive branches are powerless against the Judiciary, which they are not.
Trust The Magoo!
The alarm clock musta gone off.
If the ruling was improper, then ignore it.
I don’t see anything in the Constitution that says a court judge gets to dictate to the Executive branch how to exercises its Constitutionally delineated powers.
I believe the Obama DACA had an expiration date, because it was only temporary. It was set to expire in Oct. 2017, but Pres. Trump extended it for 6 months (to Mar. 2018) to give the Congress time to resolve the issue through legislation.
Congress sat on their collective hands and did nothing.
These Federal Judges that have been trying to play the role of Congress and the Executive need to be sanctioned and censured. That may require a strongly worded decision by SCOTUS in the near future that makes it clear that such ruling by Judges have no basis in law and shall not be enforced.
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