| Washington, D.C. - The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit today denied the Obama Administration’s request to lift a hold on the president’s executive actions on immigration to grant amnesty. The ruling comes in a lawsuit by 26 states, including Georgia, aimed at permanently stopping the executive orders.
Congressman Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (GA-01) has helped lead the charge against the Obama Administration’s actions, voting twice to reject any funding for them and he recently joined this court battle by signing an amicus brief to support the lawsuit brought by the states.
“This is a big win in our fight to stop the president’s blatant overreach on amnesty,” Carter said. “The Fifth Circuit has provided yet another warning to the president that he will not get away with unilaterally rewriting our nation’s immigration laws. Every branch of government – including President Obama himself – has made clear that this approach to backdoor amnesty is unconstitutional. I will not rest in my fight to stand for the rule of law and restore the balance of power laid out in the Constitution.”
In February, United States District Judge Andrew Hanen granted a preliminary injunction on the executive orders. The appeals court today found that the states do have sufficient legal grounds to bring the lawsuit, pushing the lawsuit forward in the legal process and continuing the ban on the administration’s implementation of the unprecedented executive actions.
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