Dear Readers:
The presidential election campaigns have reached a critical point with the two major party conventions about to be behind us. The Republican Party has staked out radically anti-immigration positions which are reflected in the party’s platform. And the opposite is true of the Democrats. Donald Trump has vowed to build a wall, deport the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the US and substantially restrict legal immigration to the US. Hillary Clinton, in contrast, is promising to get a comprehensive immigration bill passed in the first 100 days. The consequences for immigration policy of this election couldn’t be higher.
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The DAPA case was punted by the Supreme Court last month which, by a tie vote, sent the case back to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals and let the preliminary injunction stand. The White House has decided to seek a rehearing in the Supreme Court when it gets a 9th Justice. The case also will go through another appeals process when the question of a permanent injunction is litigated. So the case will continue for a while, though it’s not expected to come to a resolution while President Obama is in power.
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Regards,
Greg Siskind
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