Immigration Lawyers Say Trump-Appointed Judge in Texas Just Decided He's in Control of ICE and 'Empe

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: Law & Crime

‘Emperor of U.S. Immigration Policy’ in ‘Unprecedented and Outrageous’ Ruling

Lawyers say a federal judge in Texas gave himself almost total control over Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in a shocking Thursday ruling that stopped the Biden administration from enforcing its previously outlined priorities for the controversial deportation agency.

Donald Trump in 2020, authored the order enjoining two immigration memos issued on Jan. 20 and Feb. 18 by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and ICE directors, respectively.

Collectively, those two memos generally established a return to the enforcement priorities of the Obama administration–instructing government agents to arrest and detain immigrants considered public safety and/or national security threats. Specifically, ICE agents were directed to focus on three tiers of deportation priorities: (1) undocumented immigrants who are deemed to be or who are suspected of being a national security threat; (2) undocumented immigrants who entered or attempted to enter the country “on or after November 1, 2020;” and (3) undocumented immigrants convicted of certain felony and gang-related offenses.

With the issuance of his sprawling, 160-page opinion and order, however, Tipton wiped away all of ICE’s enforcement priorities.

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[George II]

1. Wow. I thought republicans were against judges who "legislate"....

Even the Supreme Court would overrule that. How high up in the chain of courts is this, is the Appeals Court next up?

[TexasTowelie]

2. This sounds like a case for Texas Democratic congressional candidate, Jessica Cisneros.

Cisneros is the young immigration rights attorney who will be running against Rep. Henry Cuellar for a second time in 2022. If she wants to prove her bona fides, then she should be involved in the dispute.

[George II]

5. I thought she wasn't licensed to practice in Texas?

[TexasTowelie]

6. Jessica Cisneros became eligible to practice law in Texas on September 18, 2020

which was after the 2020 primary. Her primary office is in Laredo.

[MichMan]

3. Meanwhile, a judge in Nevada ruled it illegal to charge a felony for re entering after deportation.

Either one is likely going to have a case for appeal

[rdking647]

4. appeal and ignore

im serious. ignore his order. let him try and enforce it without the executive branch....
since the rule of law hasnt really applied in this country since TFG took office just ignore his ruling

[TexasTowelie]

7. I agree.

Let his 160 page ruling be an exercise in futility. There is nothing more frustrating to put so much effort into your work product than to have it dismissed and thrown in the trash can.

[2naSalit]

8. A lot of those placements in the past four years...

were seriously unqualified to sit on any bench anywhere so there's that.

[LiberalFighter]

9. People like him need to lose their license and be removed as a judge.

[Enter stage left]

10. K&R

[Ford_Prefect]

12. 'Exit, Pursued By A Bear'

[cstanleytech]

11. Sounds like he has overstepped himself. 20+ years ago I would say we should let SCOTUS slap him down

but now with a SCOTUS who's majority has given its support to things like new Jim Crow laws I no longer trust them to protect us.