Texas
U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen in Brownsville, Texas vs. United States
In a 123 page opinion bars federal immigration officials from implementing Deferred Action for Parents of Americans, or DAPA, and expanding Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. In the 123 page opinion explains his decision to issue an injunction blocking President Obama's Deferred Action for Parental Accountability program covers a multitude of legal and factual issues.
In a 123 page opinion bars federal immigration officials from implementing Deferred Action for Parents of Americans, or DAPA, and expanding Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. In the 123 page opinion explains his decision to issue an injunction blocking President Obama's Deferred Action for Parental Accountability program covers a multitude of legal and factual issues.
The DAPA Program Directly Causes Significant Injury to
States
Congress Never Created or Authorized Deferred Action
Status
There Is a Big Difference between
Executive Discretion and Bestowing Benefits
Immigration Officials Have No Discretion in How to
Implement DACA/DAPA see footnote 101 on page 109
Preventing The Implementation Of DAPA Preserves
The Status Quo
Related: The Obama administration has postponed executive actions on immigration
indefinitely after a federal judge ruled against them Monday. President
Obama said Tuesday the administration would appeal, but in the meantime it had
no choice but to comply with Judge Andrew Hanen's ruling, which halted an
expansion of an existing program for undocumented children that was supposed to
begin today. (New
York Times)
The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday suspended President Obama’s
expansion of deportation deferrals, scrambling a congressional debate over how
to prevent a shutdown of the agency late next week. (The Hill) 
