Breitbart: TEXAS LEADERS ‘CONFIDENT’ EXECUTIVE AMNESTY RULING WILL SURVIVE APPEAL
In a joint press conference at the Texas Capitol on Wednesday, Senator Ted Cruz, Governor Greg Abbott, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, and Attorney General Ken Paxton addressed the recent temporary injunction imposed by a federal judge in Texas on President Barack Obama's executive amnesty order. All four praised the decision by Judge Andrew Hanen of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, and said that they were "confident" the ruling would survive any appeals.
Last November, Obama had announced his plan to use his executive order power to grant protection to millions of immigrants here illegally from deportation, as Breitbart Texas reported. Within days, Abbott, who was finishing his term as Texas' Attorney General, announced Texas would lead a multi-state coalition in a lawsuit against Obama's executive amnesty. Ultimately, twenty-six states joined Texas in the lawsuit.
Judge Hanen's ruling specifically stated that the president did not have the authority to take this action, and prohibited the President, along with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other relevant agencies and departments under the executive branch, "from implementing any and all aspects or phases" of the President's executive amnesty plan.
Abbott spoke first. "My 31st and last lawsuit against President Obama may turn out to be the one that has the greatest constitutional consequence," he said.
"This was a victory for America, and the rule of law, and the Constitution," Abbott said referring to the judge's ruling. He added he was "confident" that "we will continue to win" and that the case would hold up all the way to the Supreme Court.
