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Judge blocks Obama order on immigration
February 17, 2015, 06:15 am
By Ben Kamisar and Kyle Balluck

A federal judge late Monday temporarily blocked President Obama’s executive action designed to shield millions of immigrants from deportation.

U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen wrote that 26 states that filed a lawsuit against the action would “suffer irreparable harm” without a preliminary injunction and that the constitutional question must be decided before the administration can move forward with its plans.

“Once these services are provided, there will be no effective way of putting the toothpaste back in the tube should Plaintiffs ultimately prevail on the merits,” Hanen wrote

The president’s executive actions on immigration, announced last November, would delay deportations for millions of undocumented immigrants and provide them with the opportunity to apply for work permits. The first part of those policies, the deportation delay, had been set to go into effect Wednesday. The rest are expected to begin later this year.

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/232918-judge-blocks-obama-order-on-immigration

Garrett Opposes Executive Amnesty with ‘No’ Vote on Omnibus Spending Bill
Dec 11, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ) issued the following statement after voting against the $1.1 trillion spending bill that included funding for President Obama’s unconstitutional executive amnesty.

“I remain committed to undoing the damage that President Obama’s unprecedented and wholly unconstitutional executive amnesty is having on our republic. In light of the fact that today’s $1.1 trillion dollar spending bill funds the president’s executive power grab, I cannot support this legislation. In addition, the American people sent a very clear message in November demanding that Congress work together to get things done. As it has done since the start of the 112th Congress, the House should be passing stand-alone funding bills, and following regular order. Passing a 1600-page omnibus is not the course of action the American people demanded.”