How Will Immigration Ruling Affect Georgia?
A federal judge in Texas granted a request by 26 states ─ including Georgia ─ to temporarily block President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration. But it’s not clear what the ruling means for immigrants in this state. Hear the broadcast version of this story.
The president’s order gives temporary deportation relief to children brought to the U.S. illegally. It would also provide relief for some of their parents.
U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen issued an injunction, saying the president overstepped his authority.
“It would appear that since it’s a ruling in the southern district of Texas, it only has effect in the fifth circuit,” Marietta immigration attorney Bob Beer says.
The fifth circuit includes Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Georgia is in a different court circuit.
Melissa Crow, Legal Director of the American Immigration Center in Washington, D.C., says the federal judge had no jurisdiction in this matter.
“Our position is that this is a policy, not a substantive rule,” Crow says. “And it’s not subject to notice and comment under the APA.”
The APA is the Administrative Procedures Act, a law that allows federal agencies to establish rules.
The White House says it’s appealing the judge’s order.
A spokesperson for Georgia’s Republican Attorney General Sam Olens says his office is reviewing what it means for the state, but is encouraged by Judge Hanen’s decision.
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