Appeals Court Kills Executive Amnesty, Leaves Obama Few Options
- 8 years ago
A three-judge panel of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled against President Barack Obama's amnesty with a late Monday decision that will probably last until after Obama leaves office on Jan. 20, 2017.
In November 2014, Obama ordered the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to implement a program called Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents .
This expanded a 2012 executive program called DACA, under which roughly 1 million foreign-born children and young adults of illegal immigrants would be given "deferred action" status, instead of being deported.
Out of 11.3 million illegal aliens that the government and the courts acknowledge are in the United States , 4.3 million could stay in the United States indefinitely-perhaps permanently-under the 2014 DAPA directive.
In November 2014, Obama ordered the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to implement a program called Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents .
This expanded a 2012 executive program called DACA, under which roughly 1 million foreign-born children and young adults of illegal immigrants would be given "deferred action" status, instead of being deported.
Out of 11.3 million illegal aliens that the government and the courts acknowledge are in the United States , 4.3 million could stay in the United States indefinitely-perhaps permanently-under the 2014 DAPA directive.