Mississippi is the first state to join a lawsuit against the Obama administration immigration policy. The case Mississippi joins is one in which 10 ICE (Immigration Customs and Enforcement) officials sue the administration on its handling of immigration affairs. Click here to read our blog post back in August 2012 regarding the existing lawsuit.
The governor of Mississippi believes that the administration is asking that states turn a blind eye to illegal immigration.
As a Houston immigration lawyer, I work with immigrants and immigration officials constantly. This area of the law is quite complicated, and there are many different groups involved in the adjudication and enforcement of the laws. Each group has its own interests in the immigration debate. This news of Mississippi shows how not only an immigration agency disagrees with the president’s policies, but some states also disagree.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/10/mississippi-joins-lawsuit_n_1956059.html?utm_hp_ref=politics&utm_source=AILA+Mailing&utm_campaign=d816a95211-AILA8_10_12_12&utm_medium=email
The governor of Mississippi believes that the administration is asking that states turn a blind eye to illegal immigration.
As a Houston immigration lawyer, I work with immigrants and immigration officials constantly. This area of the law is quite complicated, and there are many different groups involved in the adjudication and enforcement of the laws. Each group has its own interests in the immigration debate. This news of Mississippi shows how not only an immigration agency disagrees with the president’s policies, but some states also disagree.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/10/mississippi-joins-lawsuit_n_1956059.html?utm_hp_ref=politics&utm_source=AILA+Mailing&utm_campaign=d816a95211-AILA8_10_12_12&utm_medium=email