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Federal Judge Asks If BO Can Be Trusted -Testy Exchange in Hearing Over Amnesty-by-Executive-Memo Plan

Friday, March 20, 2015 10:12
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Bob Unruh / WND

A federal judge has bluntly asked a Justice Department attorney whether or not President Obama and federal officials can be believed regarding the administration’s executive-ordered plan to delay deportation for up to 5 million illegal aliens.

The testy confrontation came in a federal court in Texas Thursday where U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen, who previously issued a temporary injunction halting Obama’s plan, is presiding over a lawsuit brought by 26 states.

“I can trust what Secretary [Jeh] Johnson says … what President Obama says?” Hanen asked, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Fox News reported the judge even went further, instructing Justice Department attorney Kathleen Hartnett, “That’s a yes or no question.”

She responded, “Yes, your honor.”

Hanen called the hearing after ordering in February a halt to any actions related to Obama’s executive action until a full trial or a further order from him.

The issue was whether or not the Justice Department misled the judge by claiming that deportation reprieves would not go forward before he made a ruling. It turned out that federal officials had delayed deportation for 108,000 people for three years and granted them work permits.

The administration had argued the reprieves were granted under a 2012 program that was not impacted by Hanen’s order. But the 2012 program, called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, granted only two-year reprieves, while Obama’s November order allows three-year deferrals.

Read more at WND:

http://www.wnd.com/2015/03/federal-judge-asks-if-obama-can-be-trusted/

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