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Rep. Grijalva on the House Floor on Immigration Reform March 4 2015
Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Rep. Raul M. Grijalva of Arizona speaks on the House floor about the need for comprehensive immigration reform and the civil rights importance of...

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WASHINGTON: The Obama administration asked a federal judge in Texas to decide by Monday (Mar 9) whether he will put on hold his prior decision to block the White House's executive orders on immigration, or at least limit the impact to Texas.

U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen in Brownsville, a city along the border with Mexico, issued a temporary court order last month halting President Barack Obama's orders that would have shielded millions of illegal immigrants from deportation.

The administration asked Hanen for a stay on his order last month and late on Wednesday requested a decision by Monday. Hanen on Thursday declined to comment while the case is ongoing.

Hanen, who had previously criticized U.S. immigration enforcement as too lax, based his ruling on an administrative law question, faulting Obama for not giving public notice of his plans. He also cited ways that Texas would be harmed by the action but used no other states as examples.

Anne O'Connell, a professor at University of California Berkeley School of Law, said it is doubtful that Hanen will grant even the partial stay, but said the administration's move appears designed to force Hanen to defend his argument.

"If all the harm is about Texas, it does seem like a bit of overreaching by the judge to keep the preliminary injunction in place everywhere," O'Connell said. The case in Texas is the latest in a series of challenges to Obama's immigration action.

Hanen's decision on Feb 17 was an initial victory for 26 states that brought the case alleging Obama had exceeded his powers with executive orders that would let up to 4.7 million illegal immigrants stay without threat of deportation.

Obama's orders bypassed Congress, which has not been able to agree on immigration reform.

On Feb 23, the U.S. Justice Department requested an emergency stay of Hanen's decision. It also directly appealed to Hanen, asking that he at the very least limit his decision to Texas, because Hanen has not pointed to any specific harm the president's immigration action would cause beyond that state.

If Hanen does not issue a full stay by Monday, the Justice Department will take its request to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, according to the court filing released late Wednesday. It was unclear whether they will do so if Hanen grants the partial stay.

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Prospective Republican presidential hopefuls are going to great lengths to recast their immigration pasts.

Many, like Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.) and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, are fully repenting on their past support for plans to grant legal status to illegal immigrants.

Congressional Republicans failed battle to overturn President Obamas executive orders sparing millions from deportation has only heightened urgency among the likely GOP field.

The issue is searing hot right now; its hot as the sun, said influential conservative Iowa radio host Steve Deace. Any conversation about immigration [among Republicans] that doesnt focus on whats best for Americans, the rule of law and border security is almost self-immolation right now.

Walker admitted on Fox News Sunday that he is completely reversing his previous position that immigrants could become citizens if the right penalties and waiting periods were in place.

My view has changed, Walker said. Im flat out saying it. Candidates can say that I dont believe in amnesty.

At last weeks Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Rubio sought to make amends with the grassroots base skeptical of him ever since he championed the Senates comprehensive immigration reform package.

It wasnt very popular, Rubio admitted on stage in an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity.

You have 10 or 12 million people in this country, many of whom have lived here for longer than a decade, have not otherwise violated our law other than immigration laws, I get all that, he continued. But what Ive learned is you cant even have a conversation about that until people believe and know, not just believe but its proven to them that future illegal immigration will be controlled.

Rubio has been backing away from his support of the bill for some time, but such a public mea culpa was striking.

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