Reuters
March 10, 2015
A
federal judge in Texas on Monday declined to lift a block of the White
House's immigration plan for at least 10 more days, court records show.
U.S.
District Judge Andrew Hanen in Brownsville, a city along the border
with Mexico, issued a preliminary injunction last month halting
President Barack Obama's plans
that would have shielded millions of illegal immigrants from
deportation.
On
Monday, Hanen said in a one-page order that the court will not rule on
any pending motions at least until a court hearing set for March 19,
where government attorneys
will have to explain a filing that said some 100,000 people had been
given three-year periods of deferred action prior to the judge's
injunction.
Hanen,
who has previously criticized U.S. immigration enforcement as too lax,
based his Feb. 17 ruling on an administrative law question, faulting
Obama's administration
for not giving public notice of his plans. He also cited ways that
Texas would be harmed by the action but used no other states as
examples.
The
decision was an initial victory for 26 states that brought the case
alleging Obama had exceeded his powers with executive orders that would
let up to 4.7 million illegal
immigrants stay without threat of deportation. Obama's orders bypassed
Congress, which has not been able to agree on immigration reform.
On
Feb. 23, the U.S. Justice Department requested an emergency stay of
Hanen's decision, and further asked that he at the very least limit his
decision to Texas.
The
Justice Department said in court filings that it would take its request
to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans if Hanen did
not act by Monday. The
department could not be immediately reached for comment.
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