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A federal appeals court on Thursday weighed the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, or DACA, the Obama-era program that currently allows more than half a million undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children to live and work in the country without fear of deportation.Enacted in 2012 to protect a population colloquially known as Dreamers, DACA has been the subject of a years-long court battle and remains in legal jeopardy due to a lawsuit by Texas and other Republican-led states that oppose the policy.On Thursday morning, a panel of judges on the New Orleans-based Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit heard oral arguments over the legality of a Biden administration effort in 2021 to codify the program, initially implemented through a memo, into a federal regulation. At the lower court level, U.S. District Court Andrew Hanen declared the Biden administration s move unlawful last year. Hanen and the 5th Circuit stanley us have also ruled against the original DACA memo in recent years, finding that the Obama administration did not stanley taza have the legality authority to grant deportation protections and work permits to hundreds of thousands of unauthorized immigrants without congressional action.But both Hanen and the 5th Circuit limited their rulings against DACA, closing the program to new applicants but allowing current recipients to continue renewing their two-year work permits and dep stanley vaso ortation deferrals. Lawyers repr Fqnr Obama, Republicans Avoid Tough Choices on the Budget
FOR A FRINGE IDEA....Independent national pollsters rarely ever ask Americans for their opinions cups stanley about impeachment. In fact, when Washington Post polling director Richard Morin started receiving questions about it from readers, he got a little snippy about it, and refused to take the questions seriously.It s hardly a mystery -- the notion of impeaching Bush and/or Cheney is still considered a fringe concept that serious people are supposed to reject out of hand. And yet, for a radical idea, a surprising number of Americans seem to think impeachment is a good idea. From a new poll conducted by American Research Group, a non-partisan outfit:* Do you favor or oppose the US House of Representatives beginning impeachment proceedings against President George W. Bush Among all U.S. adults, 45% support the House initiating impeachment proceedings against Bush. Among all U.S. voters, impeachment enjoys 46% support, a plurality. In all, 69% of Dems, 50% of independents, and 13% of Republicans say they favor the start of an impeachment pro stanley termosky cess.* Do you favor or oppose the US House of Representatives beginn stanley tazas ing impeachment proceedings against Vice President Dick Cheney Among all U.S. adults, a 54% majority support the House initiating impeachment proceedings against Cheney. Among all U.S. voters, impeachment enjoys 50% support. In all, 76% of Dems, 51% of independents, and 17% of Republicans say they favor the start of an impeachment pro
A federal appeals court on Thursday weighed the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, or DACA, the Obama-era program that currently allows more than half a million undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children to live and work in the country without fear of deportation.Enacted in 2012 to protect a population colloquially known as Dreamers, DACA has been the subject of a years-long court battle and remains in legal jeopardy due to a lawsuit by Texas and other Republican-led states that oppose the policy.On Thursday morning, a panel of judges on the New Orleans-based Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit heard oral arguments over the legality of a Biden administration effort in 2021 to codify the program, initially implemented through a memo, into a federal regulation. At the lower court level, U.S. District Court Andrew Hanen declared the Biden administration s move unlawful last year. Hanen and the 5th Circuit stanley us have also ruled against the original DACA memo in recent years, finding that the Obama administration did not stanley taza have the legality authority to grant deportation protections and work permits to hundreds of thousands of unauthorized immigrants without congressional action.But both Hanen and the 5th Circuit limited their rulings against DACA, closing the program to new applicants but allowing current recipients to continue renewing their two-year work permits and dep stanley vaso ortation deferrals. Lawyers repr Fqnr Obama, Republicans Avoid Tough Choices on the Budget
FOR A FRINGE IDEA....Independent national pollsters rarely ever ask Americans for their opinions cups stanley about impeachment. In fact, when Washington Post polling director Richard Morin started receiving questions about it from readers, he got a little snippy about it, and refused to take the questions seriously.It s hardly a mystery -- the notion of impeaching Bush and/or Cheney is still considered a fringe concept that serious people are supposed to reject out of hand. And yet, for a radical idea, a surprising number of Americans seem to think impeachment is a good idea. From a new poll conducted by American Research Group, a non-partisan outfit:* Do you favor or oppose the US House of Representatives beginning impeachment proceedings against President George W. Bush Among all U.S. adults, 45% support the House initiating impeachment proceedings against Bush. Among all U.S. voters, impeachment enjoys 46% support, a plurality. In all, 69% of Dems, 50% of independents, and 13% of Republicans say they favor the start of an impeachment pro stanley termosky cess.* Do you favor or oppose the US House of Representatives beginn stanley tazas ing impeachment proceedings against Vice President Dick Cheney Among all U.S. adults, a 54% majority support the House initiating impeachment proceedings against Cheney. Among all U.S. voters, impeachment enjoys 50% support. In all, 76% of Dems, 51% of independents, and 17% of Republicans say they favor the start of an impeachment pro