New York Times email:
A federal appeals court on Tuesday denied the Obama administration’s request to lift a hold on the president’s executive actions on immigration, which would have granted protection from deportation as well as work permits to millions of immigrants in the country illegally.
Two of three judges on a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in New Orleans, left in place an injunction by a federal district judge in Brownsville, Tex. The ruling comes in a lawsuit by 26 states against actions President Obama took in November. Many of the initiatives were scheduled to take effect this month.
The appeals court found that Texas and the other states did have sufficient legal grounds to bring the lawsuit and that the administration had not shown it would be harmed if the injunction remained in the place and the programs were further delayed.
I am sorry that the Court ruled against the President on this one. We have illegal immigrants living in this country who pay their taxes and are productive members of society. Leave them alone.
The nation should be spending its limited resources on deporting criminals. There are plenty of those to go after. Let’s leave decent people alone.
On the other hand, all the immigrants can’t be deported. They will have children and those children will vote against those who tried to make life more difficult for their families. I guess that is what Republicans are afraid of.
