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On the recordNovember 10, 2015
we had a very important court of appeals ruling last night. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reviewed the injunction that had been issued by Judge Hanen in Texas, that blocked the President's determination to carry out his DAPA Executive amnesty plan. The court found it improper and unlawful, and ordered it to be stopped. It recalls for us the fact that when the President announced he was going to do this no matter what--before the election--great public outcry arose. Then he said--for political reasons, obviously--well, I am not going to do it before the election, but I will do it after the election. That is when I will issue this Executive amnesty and give lawful presence and Federal benefits and Social Security cards and work authorization to millions of people--4.3 million here in the country illegally. It is a dramatic thing. So the country was in an uproar about it. It was a big factor in the Republicans winning a huge majority in the House and a surging majority in the Senate. So what was this all about? Well, Judge Hanen found that this was wrong. The President didn't have authority to take people Congress has said are here illegally and give them food stamps, health care, Medicaid, and work authorization. It went against the law. He couldn't do that. And he found that this was such an egregious action that it needed to be stopped now through an injunction before the trial even completed.…
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Pete Sessions
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