According to the Washington Times, Obama's amnesty plan would have applied to more than 4 million illegal immigrants who were either brought to the U.S. as children, or who were parents of American citizens or legal immigrants. Under the Obama program, they were to be granted tentative legal status for three years, preventing them from being deported and entitling them to work permits, which would in turn earn them driver’s licenses and some taxpayer benefits.
Judge Hanen, a Texas-based federal judge, ruled the amnesty violated the Administrative Procedure Act because it was a major policy change that should have been put out for public review and comment. An appeals court went further, ruling that Obama broke immigration law, which never envisioned so broad a use of “deferred action” powers.
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