The Obama administration formally asked the Supreme Court to review and rule on the court case that is delaying his Deferred Action for Parental Accountability (DAPA) executive amnesty. The petition was filed exactly one year after Pres. Obama announced several executive actions on immigration.
DAPA was put on hold in February 2015 after a U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen ordered an injunction after a lawsuit from Texas and 25 other states was filed a lawsuit to stop the amnesty. The Fifth Circuit Court upheld the injunction citing that the action affected more than just immigration enforcement and would change the status of the illegal aliens. DAPA would provide approximately 5 million illegal aliens access to work permits and social security cards, which would qualify them for other state and federal benefits including welfare, essentially granting them legal status.
The Obama administration has taken the next step and submitted a petition for the case to be heard by the Supreme Court. There is a short window for the Supreme Court Justices to decide if they will hear the case for the January 8 conference, the last full Supreme Court term of Pres. Obama’s presidency. If the court decides to hear the case it will likely rule in June 2016.
In response to the Supreme Court petition Roy Beck, President of NumbersUSA, released this statement:
This court filing is just the latest example in proving that one of President Obama’s highest priorities is allowing millions of foreign citizens to take and hold U.S. jobs. Contrary to Obama’s claims, the courts have not blocked him from largely suspending deportations of visa overstays and illegal border crossers. The only reason he is taking this case to the Supreme Court is to make sure that millions of these illegally-present foreign citizens get work permits to compete with struggling American workers for jobs and wages. This court filing is in keeping with the Administration's insistence on moving Syrian refugees out of the safety of internationally-supervised camps in their own region so they can get life-time work permits and take scarce jobs in the United States.
You can read more on this story at Politico.
