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  1. July 08, 2015

    Judge Blasts 'Cavalier' Gov't In Work Permit Debacle

    A Texas federal judge said Tuesday he was "shocked and surprised at the cavalier attitude" of the federal government in resolving its purportedly accidental issuance of about 2,000 expanded work permits in violation of a halt on the president's executive actions on immigration.

  2. June 11, 2015

    Texas Court Stays Executive Action Case To Await 5th Circ.

    The fight between 26 states and the federal government over the president's executive actions on immigration was largely put on hold in a Texas federal court Thursday, as both sides wait to see whether the Fifth Circuit will reverse a temporary block on the policies.

  3. May 28, 2015

    5th Circ. Will Hear Args. On Immigration Action Block July 10

    The Fifth Circuit said Thursday that it would hear oral arguments on whether to reverse a block on two of Obama's immigration-related executive action policies on July 10 in New Orleans, while the federal government told a lower court that its compliance with the injunction didn't need a babysitter.

  4. May 21, 2015

    States Rip Issuance Of 2,000 Work Permits After Injunction

    Texas and 25 other states challenging President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration on Wednesday blasted the government's recent acknowledgment that it granted 2,000 expanded work permits after an injunction blocked the actions, saying the court should take a more active role to ensure compliance with the injunction.

  5. May 18, 2015

    USCIS Chief Takes Responsibility For Injunction Violation

    The director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said on Friday that he accepted responsibility for about 2,000 expanded work permits going out in violation of a court injunction on two of the president's executive action policies, telling a Texas federal court that the agency's injunction compliance could have used more oversight.

  6. May 13, 2015

    Judge Wants Names From DOJ's Immigration Advisory Info

    A Texas federal judge on Tuesday probed a little bit deeper into the U.S. Department of Justice's admission that more than 100,000 people were granted deferred deportation under the president's executive immigration actions before he blocked the policies, asking for information about the people mentioned documents turned over by the department.

  7. May 08, 2015

    Gov't Admits To Violating Block On Immigration Actions

    The U.S. Department of Justice admitted Thursday that the government had mistakenly violated an injunction on two major immigration policies created by the president's executive actions by issuing expanded work authorization documents to roughly 2,000 immigrants after the block had been ordered.

  8. May 01, 2015

    DOJ Submits Sensitive White House Docs In Immigration Beef

    The U.S. Department of Justice submitted highly sensitive documents that included White House communications to a Texas federal court on Thursday in the case over the president's executive actions on immigration, while arguing that government never meant to mislead the court on the policies' implementation and shouldn't be sanctioned.

  9. April 08, 2015

    Despite Stay, Similar Ruling A Good Omen For Obama Policy

    A Texas federal judge Tuesday refused to lift the block on two immigration policies created by the president's executive actions, but attorneys say the Fifth Circuit's axing of another suit over a similar deportation policy on the same day may bode well for the government's injunction appeal.

  10. April 08, 2015

    Judge Denies Obama's Bid To Lift Hold On Immigration Plan

    A Texas federal judge on Tuesday rejected the federal government's bid to lift a block on key deferred deportation policies created by President Obama through executive actions.

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