Thread: Texas AG Paxton asks court to strike down DACA

Texas AG Paxton asks court to strike down DACA

by CBS Austin
Monday, February 4th 2019


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Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a multi-state motion on Monday for summary judgment with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, asking it to declare the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program unlawful and to stop the federal government from issuing or renewing any DACA permits in the future.

Paxton's office says DACA "unilaterally granted lawful presence and work authorization to nearly one million unlawfully present aliens without congressional authorization." After a district court concluded that DACA was unlawful last August, Paxton is asking the court to issue an injunction that it stopped short of.

“Our lawsuit is about the rule of law, not about the wisdom of any particular immigration policy,” Attorney General Paxton said. “DACA is just as illegal as the Obama-era Deferred Action for Parents of Americans program, which a Texas led multi-state coalition blocked by challenging it in a court case that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Last August, the district court acknowledged that Congress has the sole authority to write immigration laws, and the president is not free to disregard those duly-enacted laws. We’re asking the court to grant summary judgment declaring DACA unlawful.”

Following several court rulings blocking the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from rescinding DACA, the Trump administration petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the case. Those cases remain pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Read a copy of the brief here.

https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/tex...rike-down-daca

No renewals. They need to sell out, pack up and go back to their countries.

Shut that border down.

Mexico and Central America need to take ALL their people back and give them a better life on their soil.

NO VACANCY!