By Mike Lillis
02/20/15 – 01:45 PM EST
The Obama administration will seek an emergency court order to move forward with President Obama’s executive action on immigration.
Officials at the Department of Justice (DOJ) plan to seek what is known as an emergency stay that would essentially undo a Texas-based federal judge’s injunction from earlier this week. If the stay is granted, the government could restart a pair of executive programs that will shield millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation.
White House press secretary Josh Earnest said DOJ will file for the stay by “Monday at the latest.”
The emergency stay had been sought by immigrant rights advocates, who want to get the programs up and running as soon as possible while the appeals process plays out.
“We — as immigrants and as Americans — have waited for nearly a quarter century for these much-needed improvements to our broken immigration system,” Marielena Hincapié, head of the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), said Friday in a statement. “We should not allow a flawed legal decision to delay these changes any longer.”
Making good on earlier vows, DOJ will also file a separate appeal seeking to restart the executive programs.
“We will seek that appeal because we believe when you evaluate the legal merits of the arguments, that there is a solid legal foundation for the president to take the steps he announced last year to help reform our immigration system,” Earnest said.
At issue are two new initiatives launched unilaterally by Obama on Nov. 20.
The first expands eligibility for the president’s 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which halts deportations and allows work permits for certain undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children. The second, known as DAPA, would extend similar benefits to the parents of U.S. citizens and permanent legal residents.
Combined, the programs could affect as many as 5 million immigrants living in the country illegally.
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WHAT EMERGENCY ORDERS… A PRESIDENT DOES NOT LEGISLATE TO THE PEOPLE… THIS USURPER HAS VIOLATED, CIRCUMVENTED OUR LAWS…. NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAWS OF THIS COUNTRY.,.. NOT CONGRESS, NOT ANY BRANCH OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NOR THE PEOPLE… ITS TIME THIS CONGRESS DOES ITS JOB AND ARRESTS THIS USURPER. THE PEOPLE HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THE FELONIES, TYRANNY AND TREASON BEING PERPETRATED BY THIS GOVERNMENT.
BARRY IS IN VIOLATION OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAWS.
Federal Immigration and Nationality Act
Section 8 USC 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv)(b)(iii)
“Any person who . . . encourages or induces an alien to . . . reside . . . knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such . . . residence is . . . in violation of law, shall be punished as provided . . . for each alien in respect to whom such a violation occurs . . . fined under title 18 . . . imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.”
Section 274 felonies under the federal Immigration and Nationality Act, INA 274A(a)(1)(A):
A person (including a group of persons, business, organization, or local government) commits a federal felony when she or he:
* assists an alien s/he should reasonably know is illegally in the U.S. or who lacks employment authorization, by transporting, sheltering, or assisting him or her to obtain employment, or
* encourages that alien to remain in the U.S. by referring him or her to an employer or by acting as employer or agent for an employer in any way, or
* knowingly assists illegal aliens due to personal convictions.
Penalties upon conviction include criminal fines, imprisonment, and forfeiture of vehicles and real property used to commit the crime. Anyone employing or contracting with an illegal alien without verifying his or her work authorization status is guilty of a misdemeanor. Aliens and employers violating immigration laws are subject to arrest, detention, and seizure of their vehicles or property. In addition, individuals or entities who engage in racketeering enterprises that commit (or conspire to commit) immigration-related felonies are subject to private civil suits for treble damages and injunctive relief.
ARREST HIM NOW
When Reagan made nearly 3 million illegal immigrants… Republicans were for it…
Derp! I was for it before I was against it! Derp.
@2: Reagan admitted it was a mistake. But, unlike Obama, he signed legislation passed by Congress, he didn’t try to do it by himself like Obama is attempting. Fortunately, Republicans, unlike democrats learn from their mistakes. The Reform act of 1986 was a mistake. Amnesty today would be triply so. You don’t repeat a mistake and call it a “good thing,” unless you are a democrat looking for votes from illegal aliens of course.
2 you are an idiot. Reagan was authorized by Congress to act. Your boy obongo acts against congress. Remember that democrats hate america.