Judge Refuses To Dismiss States' Immigration Action Challenge, Even After DACA End Announced
US District Judge Andrew Hanen has been a harsh critic of DACA and DAPA. But, even after President Trump announced he was ending them and states asked to end the case against them, Hanen refused — citing what he said was a procedural error in the states' filing.
Posted on September 8, 2017, at 3:30 p.m.
Chris Geidner
BuzzFeed News Reporter
Reporting From Washington, DC
The federal judge hearing the lawsuit brought by Texas and others states against President Obama's 2014 immigration executive actions issued an order Friday refusing to allow the case to be dismissed — a move the states themselves requested.
The unusual order was just the latest twist from US District Judge Andrew Hanen, the federal judge overseeing the case. Hanen has been a harsh critic of Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) and the expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in the 2014 executive order. He also notably ordered Justice Department lawyers to take ethics training during the course of the litigation.
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