17 states file lawsuit in bid to halt Obama amnesty order

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17 states file lawsuit in bid to halt Obama amnesty order

 

By S.A. Miller and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Seventeen states and governors sued the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday in a bid to halt President Obama’s new deportation amnesty, saying he violated the Constitution and broke federal laws by granting tentative legal status to millions of illegal immigrants.

 

“This lawsuit is not about immigration. It is about the rule of law, presidential power and the structural limits of the U.S. Constitution,” the governors said in a 75-page complaint, filed in federal district court in Texas.

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Thursday, 04 December 2014

 

States Sue Obama Administration Over Executive Order on Immigration

 

Written by Raven Clabough

Seventeen states have decided to pursue a lawsuit against the Obama administration over President Obama’s issuance of an executive order that would ease the threat of deportation of millions of illegal immigrants. The lawsuit was filed on Wednesday and named the top immigration enforcement agencies as defendants.

 

Reuters reports, “The case being led by Texas and filed at the Federal Court in the Southern District of Texas said the executive order announced by Obama last month violated constitutional limits on presidential powers. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, a Republican and the Texas governor-elect said the lawsuit is not asking for monetary damages but is seeking to have the order declared illegal.”

 

The federal lawsuit involves the following states: Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

 

The lawsuit highlights a claim made by President Obama last week wherein he admits to have taken “an action to change the law.”

 

http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/19650-states-sue-obama-administration-over-executive-order-on-immigration