Judge Slams Justice Department For “Misconduct” In Immigration Case. Judge Andrew Hanen denies the government’s request to put his ruling against Obama’s 2014 immigration executive actions on hold. In a second ruling, he also swipes at the Justice Department’s legal handling of the case.

Buzzfeed News reports:

The federal district court judge who ruled against President Obama’s expanded immigration executive action earlier this year slammed Justice Department lawyers on Tuesday night for what he called “misconduct” in the case.

U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen formally denied the government’s request that he put his ruling in the case on hold while the government appeals his decision in favor of Texas and several other states that have challenged the actions. The Justice Department, expecting that Hanen either would deny their request or not rule at all, already has asked the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to issue a stay of Hanen’s ruling during their appeal of it.

In addition to that, though, Hanen issued a second ruling, ordering the government to provide drafts and other information about a March 3, 2015 Advisory that the government had filed in the case.

The technical nature of that order, however, understates Hanen’s action. The March advisory concerns a small, but substantial change to the previous deportation deferral program that Obama implemented in 2012, called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Although the government had not granted any deferrals to undocumented immigrants covered only by the expanded terms of the 2014 actions yet, the advisory granted three-year deferrals to those eligible under the 2012 terms of DACA. Previously, only two-year deferrals were allowed, but the 2014 order allows for three-year deferrals.

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