September 11, 2017
A Texas federal judge on Friday told Texas and a group of other states they can't merely dismiss their challenge to federal deferred deportation programs, saying the "extensive and hard-fought clashes over the merits" of the case mean dismissal by notice to the court is not appropriate.
September 06, 2017
Texas and dozens of other states pulled their lawsuit challenging the expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program after the Trump administration announced it would end the deportation protection for young unauthorized immigrants.
July 31, 2017
A Latino civil rights group slammed Texas on Friday for attempting to pause and potentially shift a suit's focus from fighting the Obama administration's 2014 executive action expanding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals to instead going after the program entirely, arguing that the now-rescinded action leaves the state without a case.
January 20, 2017
A Texas federal judge withdrew portions of sanctions against the U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday in a case over then-President Barack Obama's 2014 immigration executive actions, but ripped into the government for its unethical behavior in the case, saying that it has been "nothing short of stunning."
November 18, 2016
A case in Texas challenging President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration should be halted until after President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated, 26 states and the federal government said on Thursday.
August 23, 2016
Four immigrants have asked a Texas federal judge not to sanction the federal government for alleged misconduct by its attorneys by compelling them to compile a list of about 50,000 people who have received deferred action on their legal status, saying it would violate the individuals' privacy rights.
August 09, 2016
The U.S. Department of Justice did not intentionally mislead the Texas federal court overseeing the challenge to President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration and does not deserve to be sanctioned, the federal government argued Monday.
July 19, 2016
The federal government on Monday urged a Texas federal court handling the case over President Barack Obama's immigration executive actions to nix a sanctions order requiring agency attorneys to go to legal ethics classes, saying the cancellation was justified to dodge a "jurisdictional cloud" possibly impacting the case.
June 07, 2016
The Texas judge handling the case over President Obama's executive actions on immigration has stayed an order requiring U.S. Department of Justice attorneys to attend ethics classes and that the government to turn over information on various immigrants.
May 31, 2016
The U.S. Department of Justice asked the Texas federal court on Tuesday to stay an order in the case over Obama's immigration executive actions that could force the agency's attorneys to take a legal ethics course, saying the sanctions go beyond the limits of the court's power.