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WASHINGTON — Texas urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday not to consider an appeal on President Obama’s immigration program, arguing that lower courts had properly rejected the administration’s “sweeping and unprecedented assertion of executive authority.”
White House lawyers have asked the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which blocked Mr. Obama’s plan to protect up to five million undocumented immigrants from deportation and give them work permits.
But in a brief filed Tuesday with the court, Ken Paxton, the attorney general of Texas, argued that Congress had passed immigration laws and that the Obama administration was claiming “the power to ignore these statutes and unilaterally deem lawful the presence of any unauthorized alien it chooses not to remove.”
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The brief argues that Texas has the right to take the administration to court because the president’s plan to give undocumented immigrants a “legal presence” would force Texas to spend money, as a state law makes driver’s licenses available to anyone who is in the country legally.
Texas has taken the lead in challenging Mr. Obama’s immigration actions on behalf of 26 states. In the brief, Mr. Paxton also argued that the immigration overhaul, which the president announced in November 2014, did not go through the notice and comment procedures required for major rule changes by government agencies.
“The Fifth Circuit’s decision is correct,” the brief says, adding that blocking the president’s immigration plan is “necessary to uphold the separation of powers and ensure the proper functioning of the administrative state.”
The Supreme Court may announce as early as next month whether it will consider the case in its current term. If it agrees to do so, the justices could announce a decision near the end of their term this summer.
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Late 40's Dreamer (Holy Fucking shit I'm almost 50 and still dealing with this), aged out of original DACA and didn't have a chance to apply for extended DACA after Republicans killed it on the vine.