Late Monday night, a federal judge in Texas ordered a temporary halt to President Obama’s Executive Action orders on immigration, the first of which, the expanded DACA program, was set to take effect on February 18, 2015. Deferred Action for Parental Accountability (DAPA) was set to take effect on May 19, 2015.
Judge Andrew Hanen’s decision means that the 26 states that have currently sued the Obama Administration for his actions on immigration, will be allowed to pursue their lawsuit, which aims to permanently stop the Executive Order from going into effect.
Today, the White House announced that it will appeal Judge Hanen’s decision, which appeal will be heard in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Ruchi Thaker
Ruchi Thaker is New York City-based immigration attorney with extensive experience and excellent reputation for effective legal representation in simple and difficult immigration cases. I have experience in areas of deportation defense (criminal and non-criminal), federal court litigation, representation on appeals and motions with the immigration courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals, family-based immigration, asylum, naturalization, and consular processing.
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