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DATE:February18,2015

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ManywordswerespilledbyU.S.DistrictCourtjudgeAndrewHanenwhenhefrozePresidentObamas
amnestyorderformillionsofundocumentedimmigrants.
However,Hanensmassive123pageorder,whichwillstallObamasdeferreddeportationpolicyuntilthe
judgeconductsafulltrialonitslegality,wontlikelystandupwhenitsinevitablyappealedbythe
DepartmentofJustice.
Whentheappealscourtlooksatthis,theyaregoingtofindthattheplaintiffshavenotpresentedacase
thathasahighlikelihoodofsuccess,saidDesmondFitzgerald,aBostonareaimmigrationattorney.What
Obamadidhereiswhateverypresidenthasdonebeforehim:Heusedanexecutiveordertoeffectuate
policy.
Hanensopiniontriestomeldthepreposterouslycomplicatedintersectionwhereconstitutionallawand
administrativelawuncomfortablymeet.Hehadtofigureoutwhetherthestatescouldevensueintheir
individualcapacity,andevenspenttimeattackingtheDepartmentofHomelandSecurityfromthebench.
TheDHSwasnotgivenanydiscretionbylawtogive4.3millionremovablealienswhattheDHSitself
labelsaslegalpresence.Infact,thelawmandatesthattheseillegallypresentindividualsberemoved,
Hanenwrote.TheDHShasadoptedanewrulethatsubstantiallychangesboththestatusandemployability
ofmillions.Thesechangesgobeyondmereenforcementorevennonenforcementofthisnations
immigrationscheme.

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USImmigrantShip
Records

ButforallofHanensfieryrhetoric,heshiesawayfromtheconstitutionalargumentthatObamafailedto
faithfullyexecutethelawsasrequiredunderArticleIIandinsteadhehangshishatonmundane
procedure.

Discoveryourancestrybysearching
immigrantshiprecords.Freetrial.

HanensaidtheObamaadministrationmayhaveviolatedtheAdministrativeProceduresActbyfailingto
followtherequiredprocedureforenactingnewregulationswithoutseekingpubliccomment.
Butthatprocedureisntrequiredinsituationswereanexecutiveagencyismakinggeneralstatementsof
policy,accordingtotheAPA.ThatswhatObamasdeferredactionpolicywasmeanttobe,andthatswhat
theFifthCircuitCourtofAppealswilllikelyfindwhenthiscaseisbroughttoitsfrontstep.
Federalagenciesaresupposedtogothroughpublicnoticeandcommentrulemakingformajorrules,but
courtshaveheldthatwithinterpretiverulesfromanexistingprogram,noticeandcommentrulemakingisnot
required,saidStephenW.YaleLoehr,alawprofessoratCornell.Iwouldarguethatdeferredactionhas
beenaroundformorethan50yearsandhasbeenappliedmorethan30timesbypastpresidentsinavariety
ofcontexts,andwhatthepresidentdidwassimplyexercisehisprosecutorialdiscretion.

Inotherwords,eventheflimsyproceduralargumentthatHanensetforthlikelydoesntholdwater,and
whentheDOJinevitablyappealshisdecision,theappealscourtwilllikelyagree.
bob.mcgovern@bostonherald.com
Caption:AMNESTYDEBATE:PresidentObamaspeakstothemediaduringameetingintheOval
Office,above.AprotesterholdsanAmericanflagaswellasaL.U.P.E.flagasshechantsintoa
megaphoneoutsideofthefederalcourthouseinBrownsville,Texas,topright.
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