US Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Obama s Immigration Actions

The president acted without congressional approval 14 months ago, and lower courts have already put Obama’s executive actions on hold. Under the executive actions, immigrant adults in the country illegally would be allowed to stay if they have children who are US citizens or lawful permanent residents, according to NBC News.

The court will review a ruling by the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in November that upheld the decision by U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen in Brownsville, Texas to halt Obama’s actions.

However, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said in a statement that time is not a concern as a lot of immigrants will be rushing to sign up if the Supreme Court rules that the rules did not violate anything.

Verrilli said that lower-court rulings “will force millions of people-who are not removal priorities under criteria the court conceded are valid, and who are parents of USA citizens and permanent residents-to continue to work off the books, without the option of lawful employment to provide for their families”.

The Obama administration called the president’s action mere guidance to immigration officials on how to exercise discretion given by Congress on how to enforce immigration laws.

Senator Mazie Hirono praised the Supreme Court’s decision on Tuesday to hear USA v. Texas.

That could change now that the Supreme Court will hear this case – despite their conservatism, both Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy have indicated that their views on immigration are more moderate than their party affiliation might suggest.

The Supreme Court announced on Tuesday that it will take up a lawsuit this spring against Barack Obama’s sweeping executive actions on immigration-a case that threatens to undermine his legacy in his final year and has the potential to shake up the 2016 presidential race just months before the general election.

“Given the long-standing precedent and the history of jurisprudence in the immigration area, this is a simple matter that the program is clearly legal”, Beardall said.

The two leading Democratic presidential hopefuls, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, said the court should uphold Obama’s action.

A dean at Mitchell High School, Sanchez-Martinez said America was built on immigrants.

The Obama administration’s enforcement actions have focused on criminals, people who are threats to national security or public safety, and people who have recently entered the country.

Reith says they’ve been working since November, sending letters and videos to the Supreme Court, trying to prove the “DAPA” Program’s value. Those recent arrivals are not among immigrants who would benefit from Obama’s plan. However, in the last fiscal year about 235,000 people were deported, the smallest number since 2006. “Maybe its immigration coming for mommy or daddy”.