Jesse Byrnes
- February 20, 2015
President Obama will hold a
town-hall meeting next week in Miami to push
back on a Texas
judge's injunction that temporarily blocked his executive action on
immigration.
Obama's Feb. 25 town hall, hosted by Telemundo and MSNBC host José Diaz-Balart, will give the president a chance to show that immigration reform remains a priority, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Friday on Diaz-Balart's show.
Obama's Feb. 25 town hall, hosted by Telemundo and MSNBC host José Diaz-Balart, will give the president a chance to show that immigration reform remains a priority, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Friday on Diaz-Balart's show.
The president maintains that
the law is on his side in the court fight over immigration. Administration
officials say his November action to defer deportations and offer work visas
was well within his prosecutorial discretion.
Republicans have seized on the Texas ruling as evidence that the president overstepped his powers.
It's unclear how the judge's move will impact the fight in the Senate over funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the primary agency charged with carrying out Obama's actions. DHS funding is set to run out on Feb. 28, and Democrats have blocked Republican legislation that would provide funding while rolling back Obama's executive actions.
The White House said Tuesday that it was weighing its response to the Texas injunction, including potentially asking another court to nullify the decision.
U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen filed a temporary injunction against Obama's executive actions Monday, after Texas and 25 other states sued the administration. In response, the DHS suspended plans to accept new applications for the expanded deferral and visa programs.
Earnest reiterated Friday that the White House was "not surprised" by the court's decision, noting that Hanen has previously been critical of Obama's actions.
The televised event will give the president a platform to reach those in the Hispanic community across the country, Earnest said, as well as those in Miami.
Republicans have seized on the Texas ruling as evidence that the president overstepped his powers.
It's unclear how the judge's move will impact the fight in the Senate over funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the primary agency charged with carrying out Obama's actions. DHS funding is set to run out on Feb. 28, and Democrats have blocked Republican legislation that would provide funding while rolling back Obama's executive actions.
The White House said Tuesday that it was weighing its response to the Texas injunction, including potentially asking another court to nullify the decision.
U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen filed a temporary injunction against Obama's executive actions Monday, after Texas and 25 other states sued the administration. In response, the DHS suspended plans to accept new applications for the expanded deferral and visa programs.
Earnest reiterated Friday that the White House was "not surprised" by the court's decision, noting that Hanen has previously been critical of Obama's actions.
The televised event will give the president a platform to reach those in the Hispanic community across the country, Earnest said, as well as those in Miami.
Comment:
Is there anybody on this
planet who seriously believes that Obama’s executive order was meant to benefit
immigrants of all ethnicities? If so, this article should put that belief to
rest. His interest in this issue is clearly “ethnically
specific” and is meant to primarily benefit undocumented Hispanic immigrants.
Jack Meehan, National
President Emeritus
Ancient Order of Hibernians
in America
Boston Irish Group
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