Hirono Praises Decision to Hear Immigration Executive Action Case

His rivals, to varying degrees, are also promising to crack down and protect the borders – and say they’d vacate Obama’s orders if elected. Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, like many in her party, proposes a more humane “pathway to citizenship” for undocumented immigrants.

26 states banded together, filing a lawsuit and stalling DAPA, claiming Obama’s executive action reaches too far.

“We’ve actually seen a pretty strong take-up rate when it comes to these Dream Act protections” by immigrants who came to the United States as children, Earnest added. Other Republican contenders have also taken a hard line against illegal immigration into the country.

“In deciding to hear this case, the Supreme Court recognizes the importance of the separation of powers”, Paxton said.

During his two-term presidency, Obama has enacted 227 executive orders, according to a tally run by The American Presidency Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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

The administration will now argue that the Supreme Court should reverse lower court decision.

If Obama prevails against opponents led by Republican governors, there would be roughly seven months left in his presidency to implement plans that would affect the parents of US citizens and lawful permanent residents, as well as some people who arrived in the United States before they turned 16. Since then, the almost 4.3 million immigrants who would have been eligible have been caught in legal limbo. “We’re hopeful that the Supreme Court will soon affirm, as the settled law of the land, that President Obama’s Executive Action on immigration is lawful, and that immigrant parents and children across the country are respected and protected”, de Blasio said in a statement.

But Obama’s aggressive use of executive power has intensified the criticism by his adversaries that the president is abusing his authority. The case of United States v. Texas will be set for argument in April, making it nearly certain that there will be a final ruling by the end of June – in the midst of a presidential election campaign in which immigration is a major issue….

The round-up of the Central American families has drawn protests from Latino advocacy groups, but the government says the migrants do not meet the legal immigration standards to stay in the U.S. Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas, who is leading the challenge to his immigration actions, urged the court to make it clear that no president can “unilaterally rewrite congressional laws and circumvent the people’s representatives”.