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Obama halts immigration amnesty push in court, bows to incoming Trump administration
The Washington Times ^ | November 18, 2016 | Stephen Dinan

Posted on 11/19/2016 8:56:29 AM PST by cpforlife.org

The administration has already taken the first step to accommodate President-elect Trump’s positions, agreeing Friday to take a timeout on President Obama’s push to kick-start his 2014 deportation amnesty.

In documents filed with a federal judge in Texas the Justice Department said that in light of the new management that will take over next year, the case should be suspended.

“Accordingly, the parties respectfully submit that further proceedings on the merits of this case, including the submission of a schedule for resolving the merits, should be stayed until February 20, 2017,” the Justice Department and lawyers for Texas said in a joint request of Judge Andrew S. Hanen.

Judge Hanen had halted Mr. Obama’s expanded amnesty in February 2015, just two days before it was to go into effect, ruling that the administration broke administrative law. An appeals court twice upheld his injunction, as did the Supreme Court, in a 4-4 deadlock decision this summer.

The injunction remains in place while Judge Hanen was to hear full arguments — but both sides now say President-elect Trump should have the chance to weigh in.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; immigration; obama; trump; trumpwinsagain
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To: cpforlife.org
Has there ever been any president who had so much impact before even being sworn in?
41 posted on 11/19/2016 3:09:42 PM PST by Company Man (T R U M P - P E N C E 2 0 1 6)
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To: Company Man

42 posted on 11/19/2016 3:34:11 PM PST by cpforlife.org (A Catholic Respect Life Curriculum is available 4 FREE at CpForLife.org)
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To: Hostage

No more immigration from Third World countries. Deport all illegal aliens and reverse the demographic warfare that has resulted in a path to white minority status

Repeal the Immigration Act of 1965!

Tracing Liberal Woes to 1965 Immigration Act (or, how Ted Kennedy destroyed America)
http://www.cis.org/articles/1995/olg12-28-95.html ^

What went wrong with liberalism? Current and former liberals, like myself, should be even more interested in this puzzle than conservatives are. There are no simple answers nor a single pivotal moment of error, but the 30th anniversary this month of the 1965 Immigration Act illuminates the issue.

The Immigration Act was given only modest attention at its inception and even less in histories of the Great Society. In retrospect, however, it can be seen as perhaps the single most nation-changing measure of the era. The Hart-Celler Act, as it was called at the time, abolished the national origins quota system installed in the 1920s, shifting the basis for selection from an applicants nation of birth to his or her family relationships or skills.

A few critics questioned whether the new legislation, originally launched by President John F. Kennedy, would enlarge the immigrant flow and shift it from Europe to Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Supporters emphatically denied this. The bill will not flood our cities with immigrants. It will not upset the ethnic mix of our society, Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) said. Attorney General Robert Kennedy predicted 5,000 immigrants from the entire Asia-Pacific Triangle, after which immigration from that source would virtually disappear.

The effect of the bill on our population [in numbers] would be quite insignificant, Rep. Emanuel Celler, the act’s co-sponsor, said.

The importance of the law lay not in any change in immigrations volume or composition, sponsors said, but in its overdue elimination of the odious discrimination in US immigration law in favor of or against people on the basis of where they were born. The 1965 law was thus seen more as an extension of the civil rights movement than an immigration measure.

But 30 years later, it’s clear that the assurances of the law’s sponsors were untrue. The number of legal immigrants immediately jumped to 400,000, then to 800,000 by 1980, and reached well over 1 million in the early 1990s, when those given amnesty in 1986 and their relatives are added to the total. Illegal immigrants add 300,000 or more annually, many coming to join legally admitted relatives. Total immigration last year was 1.2 million, according to Center for Immigration Studies calculations. Whats worse, the number of legal admissions is set by statute, unrelated to overall economic trends such as unemployment.


43 posted on 11/19/2016 10:32:10 PM PST by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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To: JPJones

For whom? Just curious.

What I want to know is if the MB was so ingrained into this administration, and Jarrett HATES America so much, what are they up to?

Nothing? They just realize they lost and are moving on?

Sounds too easy. But I’ll take it if that’s the case.


44 posted on 11/20/2016 6:02:52 AM PST by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: TangoLimaSierra

They have a very solid point - Trump is not the President of Mexico, so yes he his not their President!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


45 posted on 11/20/2016 6:06:34 AM PST by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

The Border Patrol agents’ union and the State of Mississippi tried to stop DACA in Court in the case of Crane v.Johnson. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals beld that Mississippi’s attempt to establish standing tbrough increased education costs was speculative and dismissed the case. Texas used driver’s license costs to establish standing to contest DACA. Of course, both programs disappear on January 21.


46 posted on 11/20/2016 6:08:59 AM PST by henkster
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To: cpforlife.org

If PE Trump has the evidence of Obama’s birth, that sure could help right about now, couldn’t it? What did those two talk about during that hour and a half of conversation in the Oval Office?


47 posted on 11/20/2016 6:17:38 AM PST by Nita Nupress (To Wash DC: America is coming. And we're bringing Galt-Right Donald J. Trump with us.)
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To: JPJones

You are correct.....Obama would never do anything out of the kindness of his heart for Trump.

We don’t know what the stealth objective is in Obamas position.


48 posted on 11/20/2016 6:25:45 AM PST by Be Careful
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To: henkster

Thanks for the information.
In both cases it should have been our supposed opposition party in Congress, he had no authority to do what he did.
Problem was they did not oppose him doing it, illegal or not.


49 posted on 11/20/2016 6:56:52 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam , Know Peace)
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To: cpforlife.org
Perhaps obozo is so shell shocked that they didn't steal enough to deliver the election to the hildaBEAST

Something like this....after Trump tells Obama the situation.

50 posted on 11/20/2016 6:57:57 AM PST by spokeshave (In the Thatch Weave,..Trump's Wing Man is Truth.)
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To: cpforlife.org

I would suggest the bowing was done to a judge in Texas


51 posted on 11/20/2016 6:58:37 AM PST by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... Does America still have lots of safe closet?)
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To: Lurkinanloomin
He can’t pardon illegal aliens. Nor can he make them citizens.

Wait up...what about the 800 illegal alien criminals that were to be deported...?

and the administration mistakenly made them all US citizens...

Then it turns out that the number was 1800 and not 800

When people complaned and said reverse this

the administration said

we can't do the...it's not legal.

52 posted on 11/20/2016 7:03:44 AM PST by spokeshave (In the Thatch Weave,..Trump's Wing Man is Truth.)
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To: spokeshave

That mistake should be remedied by the new administration.
Deportation orders should have prevented any consideration for citizenship. It can be revoked.


53 posted on 11/20/2016 7:07:38 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam , Know Peace)
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To: cpforlife.org

since when do they follow the law....don’t trust them.


54 posted on 11/20/2016 9:18:24 AM PST by ColdOne ((poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~WE DID IT DEPLORABLES!EraseThe0bagambiLegacy!)
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To: cpforlife.org
I searched 2 times and didn’t find this article. Surprised, as this is YUUUGE. Thank you President Trump!!!!

Search that works:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?s=bows+to+incoming+Trump+administration&ok=Search&q=quick&m=exact&o=time

Searching for the exact phrase 'bows to incoming Trump administration'

Ordering search responses in time order.

55 posted on 11/20/2016 9:49:47 AM PST by upchuck (Obama once thought that he belonged to the ages. Now he belongs in the rubbish bin. h/t D.Greenfield)
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To: JPJones

No, it doesn’t sound right. They are up to something.


56 posted on 11/20/2016 3:34:35 PM PST by Bigg Red (To Thee, O Lord, I lift my soul. Thank you for saving our Republic.)
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To: Lurker

;)


57 posted on 11/20/2016 7:05:53 PM PST by Pruney
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To: Lurkinanloomin

And he said he would rescind those the first day.


58 posted on 11/20/2016 7:05:53 PM PST by Pruney
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To: cpforlife.org

LOL


59 posted on 11/20/2016 7:05:53 PM PST by Pruney
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To: Hostage

They’d also bring in all the islamic migrants, have a permanent left majority on the Supreme Court and take over the entire healthcare system


60 posted on 11/20/2016 9:43:57 PM PST by ari-freedom (The Social Justice War is over and we won!)
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