District Court Judge Reed O’Connor ruled that the Obama administration was likely in violation of the law by ordering Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and officers not to arrest many of the illegal immigrants they encounter. But Judge O’Connor said federal employment laws meant his court didn’t have the power to overrule the president. Kris W. Kobach, Kansas’ secretary of state, who acted as the lawyer for the ICE agents and officers, said they are “considering our options,” and that one of those was to appeal the ruling. “It is important to note that the judge went out of his way to reiterate that the Obama administration’s DACA directive orders ICE agents to violate federal law,” Mr. Kobach said. “This is without question a lawless amnesty being imposed upon America. All Americans, regardless of how they feel about amnesty, should be concerned when a president can flagrantly ignore the law and violate the Constitution. There has to be a forum in which the rule of law can be restored.”
Posted on: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 18:57:04 +0000
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