March 31, 2015
The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday urged the Fifth Circuit to reverse an injunction on two key immigration policies created by the president's executive actions, saying the states suing over the initiatives lacked standing and bashing the reasoning of the judge who granted the block.
March 27, 2015
Speculation from three states about the economic consequences of deferred deportation policies created by the president's executive actions doesn't justify barring important changes for the entire country, the U.S. Department of Justice told the Fifth Circuit on Thursday.
March 25, 2015
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was criticized by immigrant rights supporters Wednesday who said he betrayed them by quietly signing onto an amicus brief with three other state governors urging the Fifth Circuit to uphold an injunction against President Barack Obama's recent executive actions on immigration.
March 24, 2015
The Fifth Circuit on Tuesday granted the U.S. Department of Justice's request to expedite the appeal of an injunction on two immigration policies created by President Barack Obama's executive actions, and said the court will hear arguments on lifting the block in April.
March 19, 2015
Four Republican lawmakers and the American Center for Law & Justice filed a friend-of-the-court brief Wednesday in the Fifth Circuit appeal over the blocking of two policies from Obama's executive immigration actions, asking that the court to deny the federal government's emergency bid for a stay on the injunction.
March 16, 2015
Texas and 25 other states suing over the president's immigration executive actions asked the Fifth Circuit on Friday to reject the sped-up briefing timeline proposed by the U.S. Department of Justice in its appeal over a block on the new policies, claiming there isn't an urgent need to implement them.
March 13, 2015
The Fifth Circuit on Friday rebuffed the U.S. Department of Justice's request to force 26 states suing over the president's immigration-related executive actions to respond within a week to the DOJ's emergency stay bid, handing yet another delay to the increasingly impatient department.
March 13, 2015
Four law professors on Friday penned a letter, signed by more than 100 immigration law scholars and professors, saying a Texas federal judge's decision to temporarily halt new deferred deportation policies created by the president's executive actions is "deeply flawed."
March 12, 2015
The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday filed an emergency motion with the Fifth Circuit to stay a decision halting new deferred deportation policies created by the president's executive actions, even though a Texas district court had yet to rule on the same request.