On Tuesday President Obama announced the Department of Homeland Security would not process executive amnesty applications, and hand out related work permits, in light of the Feb. 16 injunction by Judge Andrew Hanen. He will, however, continue to spend funds in preparation for implementation, which appears to violate Judge Hanen’s injunction, according to the Daily Caller.
United States District Judge Andrew Hanen ruled late Monday night to temporarily block certain executive actions President Obama took late last year that would grant amnesty and work permits to an estimated 5 million illegal aliens. In the wake of the ruling, several Members of Congress have issued statements applauding the injunction and doubling down on their commitment to pass a DHS spending bill that blocks funding for President Obama's executive amnesties.
The fact that the judicial branch has joined the House of Representatives and a majority of states in questioning the constitutionality of the President's executive actions on immigration should make it obvious that the Senate needs to proceed to a debate on the Department of Homeland Security funding bill and add its voice to this critical constitutional question.
U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen has temporarily blocked Pres. Obama's executive amnesties, saying the action "substantially changes both the status and employability of millions" of illegal aliens. The ruling came in response to the lawsuit filed by 26 states against the administration that argues that Obama's amnesties will place an undue burden on state budgets.
Rosetta Stone Communications Survey, Feb. 10-11, 2015
Who should get the future jobs in Georgia? - Americans, including legal immigrants already here, Illegal immigrants already here, newly arrived legal immigrants and guest workers or It doesn’t matter, workers who will work for the lowest wage.
Americans/Legal Immigrants: 80.2%
Settled Illegal Immigrants: 5.2%
New Immigrants: 4.3%
Lowest Wage: 10.3%
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), along with 169 other House Republicans, sent a letter to Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) last week urging him to stop obstructing debate on the Department of Homeland Security spending bill that would also block the funding of President Obama's executive amnesties. In the letter, they charged that Senate Democrats are choosing to defend President Obama's unconstitutional actions by not even allowing debate of the bill.
At a press conference yesterday House and Senate Republicans called on Senate Democrats to end their filibuster of the spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security. Although Senate Democrats want to fund DHS through the end of the fiscal year, as the bill would do, they are blocking debate on the bill to protect the president’s executive amnesties. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., said “I believe we’ll prevail. I believe that the American people are not going to allow their Congress to say one thing during campaign season and do another in Congress.”
Three House committees held separate hearings yesterday on the curtailment in interior immigration enforcement, legislation to crack down on asylum fraud, and the potential for amnestied illegal aliens to access the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), even if they never paid income taxes. The hearings took place as Senate Democrats continued to filibuster legislation that would block implementation of the president’s executive amnesties.
Associated Press-Gfk poll, Jan. 29-Feb. 2, 2015
Overall, do you approve, disapprove, or neither approve nor disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling immigration?
Approve: 42%
Disapprove: 56%
Don't lean either way: 1%
WPA Opinon Research
A majority of Nevada voters support Attorney General Adam Laxalt’s decision to join
the lawsuit against President Obama’s executive action. o Four in five Republican voters support Attorney General’s Laxalt’s decision."Do you support or oppose the Nevada Attorney General’s decision in joining the lawsuit?"
Support: 54%
Oppose: 41%
Undecided: 5%Voters in Nevada disapprove of President Obama’s immigration executive action
regarding immigration.
