US: Work Permits Issued After Immigration Action Delayed
Article publisher:
abc NEWS
Article date:
Friday, May 8, 2015
Article category:
National Issues
Medium
Article Body:
The U.S. government says it "erroneously" awarded three-year work permits to 2,000 people under President Barack Obama's executive immigration action after a judge had put the plan on hold....by a Feb. 16 injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen in Texas.
Hanen had criticized Justice Department lawyers after they acknowledged that more than 108,000 people had received three-year deportation reprieves as well as work permits when the lawyers had previously told the judge that no action would be taken prior to the injunction.
A decision from an appeals court is pending on whether to lift the injunction.
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