Yes, you heard that right...the Department of Injustice said, 'Oh, we already legalized 100,000 illegals through Obama's executive fiat before the injunction!WashingtonExaminer: When President Obama announced his sweeping unilateral executive action on immigration last November, administration officials stressed that the new edict would not take effect immediately. One part of the president's action — changes to DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, to extend the period in which illegal immigrants are protected from deportation to three years from its present two years, and also to extend work permits for the same time — was scheduled to go into effect Feb. 18, 2015, three months after the president's announcement. The other part of the president's action — the newly-created DAPA, or Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents — would go into effect six months after Obama's edict.
The day after Obama's Nov. 20 announcement, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service published notice that it "expects to begin accepting requests for the Expanded DACA program on Feb. 18, 2015; and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) program in mid-to-late May 2015." The dates were set.
The administration's schedule shaped the schedule of those challenging the president's action. On Feb. 16, federal judge Andrew Hanen issued an order stopping the program, noting in his opinion that "the DHS' website provides February 18, 2015 as the date it will begin accepting applications under DACA's new criteria, and mid-to-late May for DAPA applications." Hanen barred the administration from implementing "any and all aspects or phases of the expansions (including any and all changes)" to DACA and also "any and all aspects or phases" of DAPA.
So everyone involved knew the score. Changes to DACA, which had been scheduled to start Feb. 18, were on hold. DAPA was also on hold. And everyone assumed those dates to be accurate. But now, the administration is telling a different story.
In a "Defendants' Advisory" filed with Hanen's court late Tuesday, the Justice Department notified the judge that it has already implemented significant parts of the Expanded DACA program, and indeed that it has already granted expanded DACA protections and work permits to "approximately 100,000" people.
Despite all the administration's talk about this 3-month period to begin the new policy, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and Justice Department lawyers say they simply declared the DACA changes effective immediately in November, but in doing so, have effectively LIED about the timeline from the beginning and apparently just want us to live with it. Problem is, though, the LIE is catching up to them. When it's apparent that they granted 100,000 requested for deferred action to illegal aliens while telling a federal judge that none had been granted, they've absolutely and explicitly DECEIVED! And at least one newly-elected governor/former attorney general is moving to do more than just call the administration out on it...CNSNews: President Obama's expanded executive amnesty started earlier than the administration said it would -- and before a court blocked it.
"Out of an abundance of caution," the Obama Justice Department on Tuesday informed a federal court in Texas that it started issuing three-year work permits to thousands of illegal aliens right after President Obama announced his executive amnesty on November 20 -- and before a federal court issued a preliminary injuction blocking the expanded amnesty on Feb. 16.
The injunction barred the Obama administration from implementing "any and all aspects or phases" of Obama's expanded DACA (deferred action for childhood arrivals) program. That program allows certain illegal aliens to live and work in the U.S. for three years instead of two.
BREAKING: Obama Admin. misled Fed. Court & issued thousands of amnesty documents illegally. Time for Contempt. #tcot #txlege
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) March 4, 2015
...as has newly-elected Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in filing a PLAINTIFFS' OPPOSED MOTION FOR EARLY DISCOVERY with a slew of other state's AG's signing up with him!
It's still no comfort that this is on a trajectory towards the liberal-indoctrinated courts, who often flaunt constitutional truth. Nonetheless, some higher action has to be taken immediately to maintain the sovereignty of our nation.
Related link: ‘Standing up for rule of law:’ Abbott, Patrick, Paxton and Cruz unite against Obamamnesty [photos, video]
