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United States v. Texas was a United States Supreme Court case decided in 2016 regarding former President Barack Obama 's executive action Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA), issued in 2014.
15 kwi 2016 · Conservatives siding with the states in United States v. Texas argue that if Obama wins this case, there’s no limit to who could be protected from deportation. They make a persuasive case.
That court had temporarily halted implementation of the federal government's Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents program ("DAPA") on the grounds that the policy likely violated the Administrative Procedure Act.
On February 16, 2015, United States District Judge Andrew S. Hanen in Brownsville, Texas, issued a preliminary injunction against an executive action taken by President Barack Obama that would have given illegal immigrants legal status and protection and let them apply for work permits.
Texas and other states sued to prevent the implementation of DAPA and argued that it violated the Administrative Procedure Act because it had not gone through the notice-and-comment process, and because it was arbitrary and capricious.
18 kwi 2016 · Judgment: Affirmed by an equally divided Court in a per curiam opinion on June 23, 2016. SCOTUSblog Coverage Academic highlight: The debate over nationwide injunctions (Amanda Frost, February 1, 2018)
Texas and other states sued to prevent the implementation of DAPA and argued that it violated the Administrative Procedure Act because it had not gone through the notice-and-comment process, and because it was arbitrary and capricious.
