Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a brief defending the preliminary injunction issued by a federal district court, which stopped the Obama Administration’s lawless executive amnesty. The brief was filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
“President Obama’s attempt to reward millions of illegal immigrants with legal status, work permits and other significant benefits is an affront to the separation of powers and our Constitution,” General Paxton said. “The President’s executive amnesty program would be one of the most sweeping changes in immigration policy in our nation’s history, and would be virtually impossible to reverse if implemented. The federal district judge was justified in stopping the Obama Administration’s attempt to unilaterally rewrite the law as we continue to press our case in court.”
On February 16, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction on the President’s executive amnesty program, preventing the program from taking effect. Oral argument in the preliminary-injunction appeal will be held the week of July 6, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Texas leads a 26-state bipartisan coalition fighting the President’s attempt to unilaterally grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants. Joining Texas in the lawsuit are: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia and Wisconsin.