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Deferred Action

217 published works

ImmigrationProf Blog March 2, 2015
Missing in Action: Job-Driven Educational Pathways for Youth and Adults
By immigrationprof
Titled Missing in Action: Job-Driven Educational Pathways for Youth and Adults, this National Skills Coalition brief details particular aspects of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals that are ripe for additional advocacy.…
ImmigrationProf Blog February 25, 2015
The conservative case for DACA: The intriguing legal theory you won’t hear on Fox News
By immigrationprof
Michael Kagan in Salon poses a challenges to liberals defending the President's expanded deferred action program:"Herein lies an opportunity to defend DACA and DAPA by taking a page from the…
Global Policy Watch February 23, 2015
This Week in Congress – February 23, 2015
After a week-long recess, Members of Congress return to Washington, D.C. for a five-week work period and a jam-packed agenda. The Senate will convene on Monday and resume consideration of…
ImmigrationProf Blog February 22, 2015
Texas v. United States: The District Court Preliminary Injunction’s Negative Impacts on Immigrant Communities
By immigrationprof
Julia Preston reports on the discouraging impacts on immigrant communities of the district court's entry of a preliminary injunction barring implementation (at least for now) of the Obama administration's expanded…
ImmigrationProf Blog February 20, 2015
Obama Administration to Seek Stay of Preliminary Injunction in Texas v. United States
By immigrationprof
USA Today reports that, in an apparent change of heart, the Obama administration will seek to lift the injunction of a federal judge who entered a preliminary injunction putting on hold…
ImmigrationProf Blog February 19, 2015
AG Nominee Lynch Relies on DOJ’s Justification for Obama Deferred Action Programs
By immigrationprof
Mike Sacks of the National Law Journal reports that Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch deferred to Attorney General Eric Holder Jr.’s Justice Department when asked in a written questionnaire to…
ImmigrationProf Blog February 18, 2015
Obama Administration Not Likely to Seek Emergency Stay of District Court Preliminary Injunction, DAPA to Remain on Hold
By immigrationprof
News sources reported late yesterday that, although no final decision has been made, Obama administration sources that the Department of Justice is unlikely to seek an emergency stay to block…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog February 17, 2015
Government to Comply with District Court DAPA Injunction
By Steven D. Schwinn
DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson announced that the government would comply with the temporary injunction issued late yesterday by Judge Andrew S. Hanen (S.D. Tex.) halting implementation of the Deferred Action…
ImmigrationProf Blog February 17, 2015
BREAKING NEWS: Federal Court Temporarily Enjoins Parts of Obama Immigration Initiatives
By immigrationprof
Photo of Judge Andrew Hanan courtesy of PowerLineJulia Preston of the New York Times (and many other news outlets, here, here, here, here) reports that a federal court in Texas…
ImmigrationProf Blog February 13, 2015
Prediction: District Court to Rule TODAY on the Lawfulness of Obama’s New Deferred Action Programn
By immigrationprof
As everyone knows, U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen of Brownsville, Texas, is expected to issue a ruling soon on an injunction requested by 26 states to prevent the Obama administration…