Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said a Texas federal judge made the correct decision on July 16 in ruling that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is unlawful and blocked new applications from being filed. “I think it’s right to stop a president who just decided that he didn’t like federal law … and came up with his own immigration laws,” Paxton told The Epoch Times on July 16. “And we sued him, rightfully so, for violating federal law, and making up his own laws about who gets to stay in the country.” U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen ruled on the lawsuit, which was brought by Texas and joined by Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Carolina, and West Virginia. The states argued that the program is tantamount to federal overreach. If the decision is appealed, which is likely, it will go to a panel of three judges on …
Texas AG Applauds DACA Decision, Says It’s Time to Relitigate State Control of Border
July 16, 2021
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