Tag: Texas injunction

What now for deferred action? After the Supreme Court decision on DAPA and expanded DACA in Texas v. US.

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June 27, 2016
What now for deferred action? After the Supreme Court decision on DAPA and expanded DACA in Texas v. US. “The judgement is affirmed by an equally divided court.”  With one sentence, the Supreme Court refused to engage in the question of the President’s authority to extend deferred action to the parents of U.S. citizens (DAPA) and additional young people who entered the U.S. as children (expanded DACA).  By affirming the judgement, the Court let the injunction against DAPA and expanded DACA stand, dashing the hopes of millions that there would be the ability to work legally in the U.S.

Hopeful News from 5th Circuit in Deferred Action Challenge: Crane v. Johnson

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April 8, 2015
Hopeful News from 5th Circuit in Deferred Action Challenge: Crane v. Johnson A victory for the Obama administration in a case related to DACA in the 5th Circuit should give hope to millions waiting for deferred action of DAPA and expanded DACA.  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a decision in an immigration case today.  No, not that case, but close.  The Fifth Circuit ruled in another case challenging deferred action called Crane v.

What is happening in Texas? Will there be a stay of the stay?

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March 23, 2015
What is happening in Texas? Will there be a stay of the stay? While the junior senator from Texas dominates the news, we remain more concerned about what is happening in a court house in Texas and another in New Orleans– the U.S. District Court in Harlingen where Judge Andrews Hanen sits and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit which must hear the Department of Justice’s emergency appeal of Judge Hanen’s injunction against DAPA and expanded DACA.